Clothing Worn by Andrew Reinhard during the 2014 "Atari Dig" Excavation at the Alamogordo, New Mexico Landfill
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Artifact Overview
In 1983, rumors circulated: Atari was bankrupt, and was dumping truckloads of games into a New Mexico landfill. Victim to the "Video Game Crash," the company buried 700,000 cartridges in the desert. "The Atari Tomb" was resurrected from obscurity when it was unearthed in 2014; this clothing was worn by Andrew Reinhard, archeologist, during the world's first video game excavation.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Clothing
Date Made
2005-2014
Subject Date
2014
Creators
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2015.84.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Andrew Reinhard.
Material
Cloth
Suede
Plastic
Velcro (TM)
Rubber (Material)
Color
Brown
Burnt ocher (Color)
Dark gray
Lime (Color)
Light blue
White (Color)
Yellow (Color)
Orange (Color)
Gray (Color)
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Length: 43 in (Pants)
Width: 20 in (Pants (unfolded, at widest pt))
Length: 26.5 in (Shirt)
Width: 19.5 in (Shirt (at shoulders))
Length: 17.5 in (Headgear)
Width: 9 in (Headgear)
Length: 9 in (Each glove)
Width: 4 in (Each glove)
Length: 5 in (Respirator)
Width: 9 in (Respirator)
Height: 5 in (Respirator)
Length: 12.5 in (Each boot)
Width: 4.5 in (Each boot)
Height: 17 in (Each boot)
Inscriptions
on shirt, upper left sleeve:
estr[n] mntn sprts
on shirt, lower right sleeve:
TECHWICK
on shirt, inside back collar:
estrn mntn sprts / EASTERN MOUNTAIN SPORTS / TECHWICK / Made in El Salvador / 100% Polyester MENS LARGE
on headgear, top and bottom:
AdventureScience.ca / WHERE ADVENTURE & SCIENCE MEET
on vest, on tag on front right side:
3M Scotchline Reflective Material
on respirator, on yellow stickers:
3M 6092 / NIOSH
on side of boots:
JEWSON / CE EN 345-1 / G2/44/S8 / 37 99
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