Post an image of the lunbox you had as a kid. If you had one.

[Yavin4]

This is one of mine from 1971. Based on a TV Show

[chillfactor]

1. i grew up in a school district.....

that had a marvelous cafeteria so I never had a lunch box.

[Siwsan]

2. Damn, this goes way back in time.

[DoBotherMe]

16. Generic plaid

All the other girls had Disney, my mom was practical.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

21. I had one like that.

[Chemisse]

30. That was mine too!!

I loved plaid (although I don't recall ever having a choice).

[dameatball]

32. Same one I had. I didn't like it.

I wanted Looney Tunes characters or Superman....anything but plaid!!!

[rzemanfl]

3. Where I went to school in the '50s everyone went home for lunch.

Except on a few special days. I was the person who instigated this article- If you make it, skip the cornstarch.

http://lostrecipesfound.com/franklin-park-bbq-day-sloppy-joes/

[Eugene]

14. At my school, students went home except during winter.

Massachusetts in the early 1970's.

[Mrs. Overall]

4. I had this:

But I really wanted this:

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[FirstLight]

5. heehee

me too!

My mom would draw hearts and happy faces or put stickers on my bags, sometimes a little note inside <3

[oldtime dfl_er]

7. Me too

I also wanted Twinkies like my best friend had in hers. But I never got them.

[DiverDave]

23. Same brown bag

Never pined for a metal one. I knew I would never get one.

[Aristus]

8. I LOVED The Curiosity Shop!

It was a fun show.

[jpak]

9. This and this

[ADX]

10. G.I. Joe...

[Eugene]

11. Yellow Submarine

though I'm not 100% sure this is the right image.

[Cartoonist]

29. Here's the thermos

I use it as a pencil holder now. I've instructed my family to fill it with my ashes and bury it in my home town.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

12. I grew up in the 80s. Had this metal gem.

[dewsgirl]

27. I had this same one.

[FM123]

13. I had a yellow Laugh In Lunch box like this...

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[wcmagumba]

15. I had this one...

[Coventina]

17. Holly Hobbie

[JDC]

18. Lost it off of a pier fishing w/ my dad

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[ploppy]

26. I have that lunch box

but haven't seen the thermos that goes with it. It's wonderful!

[sinkingfeeling]

19. Can't post a picture from my phone, but in 1955, I had a Davey Crockett

lunch box and thermos. I see it would be worth almost $500 today. Not bad since it probably cost $1.99 back then.

[Solly Mack]

20. ...

[bif]

22. Gunsmoke lunchbox

Don't know how to post images.

[JuJuYoshida]

24. Jabber Jaws!

[Major Nikon]

25. ...

[targetpractice]

36. Brilliant.

[Yavin4]

38. You must've been a very popular kid. n/t

[Major Nikon]

40. Not so much with dad

[True Dough]

28. I had to give this one up

because a few of my classmates developed allergies...

[Afromania]

31. Transformers

This was my first and last lunch box.
I was given the task of keeping it clean, which I did until I didn't. It sat for an entire summer with a old sandwich saran wrap, various crumbs and some leftover juice in the thermos. It was made of that softish plastic that would hold smells, and boy did it ever. I was heading to 4th grade and decided I was a big boy now anyway, so that was that.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

33. 😋

[zeusdogmom]

34. No lunch box

Everyone - all 300 of us - ate the prepared lunch in the school cafeteria. No one packed. Some days it was great - tomato soup and grilled cheese to die for. Or sloppy joes with potato chips on the side. We NEVER had potato chips at home so you know I loved that lunch. Other days when it was mashed potatoes, weiners, and sauerkraut - not so great. To make matters worse the odor of that lunch lingered into the next morning. Bleh!

I really wanted an Annette lunch box though. Or some days, one with Dale Evans on the front.

[becca da bakkah]

35. Mine Was A Plain Red Lunch Box.....

...inherited from my older sister, who, in turn, got it from our older brother. I stopped using it when the red paint flakes rubbed off on my sandwich, which was wrapped in wax paper, and turned soggy by lunch time.

After that I went home for lunch. Made my own bologna with lots of mustard, or cold hot dog sandwiches. Best part of lunch was no one else was home, so I could watch what I wanted on TV. Most of the time I was late getting back to school!

[yuiyoshida]

37. Hello Kitty Bento Box

Most of the kids in my class were Chinese, so no one every turned their nose up at
Asian food I bought to school!

[smirkymonkey]

39. This was mine. So embarrassing.

My beauty queen mother got it for me.