The word "lunch" is an abbreviation for the word "luncheon" which evolved from the word nonechenche (1530) meaning none "noon"+"chenche" drink and the pronunciation being altered by a northern English dialect into lunch or lunchentach (meaning sliced meat and cheese or loin) The word lunch did not enter usage until 1839.
The concept of lunch evolved overtime as well. What we, in many parts of America, call lunch is still called dinner elsewhere. The idea of a luncheon evolved as men began working further away from home and therefore not home for their midday meal.
Men not home at noon, meant ladies were free to set up meetings with one another and have a light meal together midday. Luncheons were more common with wealthier women who'd meet while shopping and eat in the department stores. Or they'd meet to discuss charitable activities.
The earliest lunch boxes were usually baskets with food wrapped in a linen napkin. In 1934 the first "character" lunch box was made with a Mickey Mouse lithograph on a tin. And the first school lunch boxes made with a tv theme were made in 1950 with Hopalong Cassidy depicted on the surface of the box. They were produced by Aladdin Industries and were sold for $2.39.
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