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wnylib

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23. I went to a neighborhood grade school. .

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 12:09 PM

Wednesday

We all went home for lunch.

In junior and senior high, we were too old for the cutesy lunch boxes. We carried paper bags or bought lunch at the cafeteria.

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Did you have a metal lunch box for school? what cartoon or tv character or design was on it? Mine was Barbie walking a [View all] debm55 Wednesday OP

Bullwinkle and Rocky ScoutHikerDad Wednesday #1

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My parents were of the depression; we had paper bags. dem4decades Wednesday #2

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Me too JMCKUSICK Wednesday #24

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Same here. Morbius Yesterday #41

We brought our bag home to be reused too. Imagine that. dem4decades Yesterday #42

Davy Crockett sinkingfeeling Wednesday #5

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Roy Rogers and Dale Evan's Tiny Tabby Wednesday #6

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Brown paper bag, here, too. nocoincidences Wednesday #7

That is fine. I used brown paper bags for a copy of years. I would decorate with crayons. TY nocoincidences. debm55 Wednesday #13

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We were poor when I was a kid Hey Joe Wednesday #9

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I think I had a Red Ryder or Davy Crockett lunch box. I remember the first book I ever read was doc03 Wednesday #12

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Only one I remenber SarasotaDem Wednesday #17

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Yellow Submarine Eugene Wednesday #19

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Holly Hobbie Coventina Wednesday #21

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I went to a neighborhood grade school. . wnylib Wednesday #23

Thank you very much , wnylib. for sharing with us. debm55 Wednesday #28

Probably Evil Knievel. underpants Wednesday #26

Great. thank you very much for sharing with us.underpants. debm55 Wednesday #29

I had a metal lunch box. Don't remember the logo but i remember the glass thermos. Srkdqltr Wednesday #27

I think I had the same one! flor-de-jasmim Wednesday #31

;-{) Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier Goonch Wednesday #30

Quickdraw McGraw and Huckleberry Hound PufPuf23 Wednesday #32

A simple black and red tartan vanamonde Wednesday #33

I'm was going to say, they're quite collectible TexasBushwhacker Yesterday #40

Roy Rogers and Trigger MoonlightHillFarm Wednesday #34

I had a Wagon Train Covered Wagon lunch Box Wolf Frankula Wednesday #35

Brown bag club here, too. We had Fat Albert thermoses for milk Alpeduez21 Yesterday #36

No. My parents either sprang for the school lunch, or sent me to school with a bagged lunch. Aristus Yesterday #37

A brown paper bag when I ate my lunch at school. lucca18 Yesterday #38

Batman and robin from the 1960 tv series. The bat. Log on one side and a scene AllaN01Bear Yesterday #39

A brown paper bag u4ic 21 hrs ago #43

No! We lived just within the one mile distance that you had to go home for lunch. Fla Dem 11 hrs ago #44