Vintage Original Roy Rogers Dale Evans Metal Lunch Box Leather Handle

Collectibles : Vintage : Lunchbox : Roy Rogers Dale Evans

 

Made in the early 1950's, this lunch box by American Thermos shows Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. The picture depicted on the front shows the front gate of the Double D Bar Ranch. Dale Evans is waving a greeting in a bright red western dress with boots and hat. Roy is on Trigger in all his western wear also greeting you. The back of the box has the RR brand circled and a lasso at the bottom for the owner to draw their own brand. The sides of the lunch box are blue with the RR brand, horseshoes and the DE brand. The latch works well. It is a bit rusty but is intact and holds well. The top of the lunch box fits well onto the base of it.

I think the handle is the most interesting part of this lunch box. I think it is one of the earliest - and I would date this lunch box to 1953 - the year they were first put out. This is a leather handle - not one of the metal handles. It is cut to fit into two metal holders. This leather handle is original to the lunch box. It is in good condition. No cuts or tears. It does show age from the years. The interior is clean but a bit rusty in places. No thermos is with this lunch box and the thermos holder is missing.

Condition: I find only one minor dent in this lunchbox. It is on one bottom edge and is very small. There is rusting around the edges of the box and the interior. There are also three vintage "nursery rhyme" stickers that the small child who carried this box put on it. I will leave it to the new owner to try to remove them or leave them as part of this boxes history. The stickers are not on the front picture of the lunch box. Two are on the back and one is inside.

This box measures approximately 8 5/8" length x 6 1/4" wide x 3 3/4" deep. It is stamped on the back with "A Product of The American Thermos Bottle Co./Norwich, Conn. U.S.A." .

Item ID: CV-479

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