Y2K Snowglobe, 1999
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The advent of the new millennium was an occasion for both anxiety and levity. Fears of a global computer meltdown due to the Y2K bug were gently satirized by the exploding computer parts in this "01-01-00"-branded snowglobe.
The advent of the new millennium was an occasion for both anxiety and levity. Fears of a global computer meltdown due to the Y2K bug were gently satirized by the exploding computer parts in this "01-01-00"-branded snowglobe.
Artifact
Snow globe
Date Made
1999
Subject Date
01 January 2000
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Designed by Kenneth H. Walker; manufactured in China for At Home International.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2003.108.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Kenneth H. Walker.
Material
Glass (Material)
Plastic
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 5 in
Width: 3.5 in
Inscriptions
raised type on snowglobe base: 01-01-00 / It's coming... printed on box: At Home International / 01-01-00 / THE MARK OF THE MILLENNIUM / Made in China / waterglobe
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