Lunchbox and thermos featuring Diahann Carroll from the sitcom Julia
- On View
- Taking the Stage Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Taking the Stage
- Manufactured by
- Thermos LLC, American, founded 1904
- Designed by
- LoBianco, Nick, American
- Subject of
- Carroll, Diahann, American, 1935 - 2019
- Beaird, Betty, American, born 1935
- Marc Copage, American, born 1962
- Link, Michael, American, born 1962
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- metal, plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (2013.108.13a Lunchbox Closed): 7 3/4 × 8 3/4 × 4 in. (19.7 × 22.2 × 10.2 cm)
- H x W x D (2013.108.13a Lunchbox Open): 4 1/16 × 8 13/16 × 14 11/16 in. (10.3 × 22.4 × 37.3 cm)
- H x W x D (2013.108.13b Thermos): 6 5/8 × 4 × 3 3/16 in. (16.8 × 10.2 × 8.1 cm)
- Description
- This is a lunchbox and thermos set printed with illustrations of actors from the sitcom "Julia" starring Diahann Carroll. The front of the lunchbox, i.e. the lid, has a green border and features the show logo, red block-text outlined in black reading [JULIA] in the top right corner. In the bottom right corner is an illustrated closely framed portrait of Carroll styled as the character Julia; her portrait is superimposed over a background image of two boys seated and reading at a table in an interior space. Repeated illustrated images of the actors from the show appear consistently on each face of the lunchbox. The thermos features a singular image wrapped around the cylinder in which Carroll wears a nurse's uniform and addresses a seated white man. The lunchbox has a green plastic handle. There is some rusting, mostly visible in the interior, and some chipping in the ink of the images, mostly visible on the exterior.
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Topic
- Actors
- Children
- Cooking and dining
- Families
- Medicine
- Motherhood
- Race relations
- Sitcoms
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.108.13ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1969 Savannah Productions. Inc. Permission required for use.