There was a time in American history when the lights went out. Children pouted, collectors cursed, and nostalgiaholics wept. Schoolchildren never again would know the pure joy of toting their ham ...

What does the word "vintage" conjure up for you? For us, it's homemade chocolate chip cookies, red and white checkered tablecloths, home-cooked Sunday dinners, and that whole Donna Reed fantasy life.

Niki Burnsworth, store manager at Crown Antiques Mall in the Uniontown Mall, displays a collection of lunch boxes for sale at the store. Lunch boxes, a pop culture icon, are enjoying a resurgence in ...

This steel lunch box, made by Aladdin Industries in 1950, was the first to bear a licensed image, and helped Aladdin launch a new product line that would last for decades. Hopalong Cassidy was a ...

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You may think the time of collectible, metal lunch boxes is behind us, but the resale market certainly isn't. You may be surprised how much these can go for.

Millennia have passed since early man hid and hauled grain and game in primitive carriers, most likely fashioned from grasses, leaves, animal hides or tree bark. By the 20th century, that basic need ...

Remember bashing out your brother's brains with your lunch box? Relive a fond memory - or at least part of it - at Lancaster Museum of Art, where an ubercool exhibit of lunch boxes will make you feel ...

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What does the word "vintage" conjure up for you? For us, it's homemade chocolate chip cookies, red and white checkered tablecloths, home-cooked Sunday dinners, and that whole Donna Reed fantasy life.