Artifact and Analysis

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Tom Corbett Space Cadet

TOM CORBETT SPACE CADET
SCHOOL LUNCH KITS AND HALF-PINT VACUUM BOTTLES SKYROCKET TO NEW SALES RECORDS!

The kiddies today alternate between being cowboys and spacemen. With the Aladdin half-pint line you get them coming and going. Tops among all space travel—science fiction characters—Space Cadets are seen daily by millions in the comic strips, on TV, in the movies, in comic books, and are heard on the radio. There's big profit to be made from sales to the thousands upon thousands of children coming of school age daily. Kids will love it and will influence parents to buy this completely new unit.

1954 Trade Magazine Advertisement to Sell School Lunch Boxes to Merchants.