Who would have ever believed that a metal (these days plastic or vinyl) box with a lithograph picture and carrying handle would ever have made “history”? There is not only a history with lunchboxes but also a certain visible trend inherent in our pack-a-lunch culture. Lunchboxes enabled (and enable) people to dine when either restaurants were not available or simply too expensive. The history of the lunchbox, lunch kit or lunch pail is a colorful and detailed one indeed.
The first lunchboxes, if they can be called that, were generally pouches or purses made of animal skin that carried a person’s or child’s midday meal. It’s impossible to pinpoint the “first” creator of such a lunchbox. The first lunchbox, though, is traceable.
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