Ray's Funny "Chow Box", c. 1930s-40s with Lunch Related Jokes Scratched In All Over carved nut head made as a coin bank

made as a coin bank

" with text in German and French following

and just a couple of tiny splits to the ash splint

with a hole at the top for hanging

Ray's Funny "Chow Box", c. 1930s-40s with Lunch Related Jokes Scratched In All Over carved nut head made as a coin bankI think Ray's wife amused herself a great deal annotating his lunch box I imagine much more fun than preparing and packing his lunch each day! Photos detail the playful notes scratched into the paint everywhere, which comment on the matter of lunch ("Have respect for our coffee It is old and weak", "Chef's Special: Baloney ala sandwich," "Music furnished with our bean sandwiches"..). and also treat the lunch box itself as a place: "complaints