Y2K Snowglobe, 1999
THF150785 / Y2K Snowglobe, 1999
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Artifact Overview
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 Details
Artifact
Snow globe
Date Made
1999
Subject Date
01 January 2000
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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Related Content
SetA Look Back at Y2K
- 9 Artifacts
The turn of the calendar from 1999 into the year 2000 was cause for celebration but also cause for concern--at least the media made sure it was hyped that way! Would the Y2K computer bug at the turn of the millennium cause the end of the world as we knew it? Most of us didn't want to believe it was possible, but we stocked up on cases of water and partied like no one's business on New Year's Eve just to make sure!