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Lunchtime: The History of Science on the School Food Tray
About Lunchtime
Drawing from nearly 250 years of rare scientific instruments, posters, pamphlets, photographs, and period editions of books popularizing new ideas about a “proper” diet, Lunchtime delves into the history of food science and the difficulty of feeding schoolchildren nationwide.
The exhibition also highlights innovations like dehydrated and frozen foods, preservatives, and cellophane, as well as the leading role the federal government played in the development of the school lunch.
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School Lunch Bracket
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Support
Major support for Lunchtime has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, with additional support from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Foodology by Univar Solutions, Quaker Houghton, and Fred and Elizabeth Weber.
About The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage is a multidisciplinary grantmaker and hub for knowledge-sharing, funded by The Pew Chari
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History of the Metal Lunchbox
Lunch is a unique meal that often requires a “box.” There’s no breakfast-box, certainly no dinner-box. The lunchbox is at once a timeless and ever-changing symbol of the way we live and eat.
The transformation of the metal lunchbox reflects changes in our society and culture when it comes to eating on the go.
Inspired by everything from Indian tiffin boxes from India and Japanese bento boxes from Japan and throughout Asia to the classic pails used by miners and steelworkers in the U.S., today’s metal ECOlunchboxes have evolved from these traditions to offer school and work lunch packers a lighter-weight and leak-proof way to pack lunch.
The contemporary steel containers we have designed to be packed to offices, schools, co-working environments, even the great outdoors, utilize traditional rugged metal but we have dialed in modern features. For example, ECOlunchbox and Blue Water Bento containers are configured to be used in modular sets, designed to nest for compact storage and topped with leakproof, non-toxic silicone lids desired by the modern consumer.
When we take a peek back in time to look at the lunch boxes and Indian tiffin boxes of days gone by, we can see the roots of the metal lunchbox tradition we are carrying on with our innovati
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Renovations Improve High school Life console Sothearos
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