Clothing Worn by Andrew Reinhard during the 2014 "Atari Dig" Excavation at the Alamogordo, New Mexico Landfill
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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.
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
Clothing
Date Made
2005-2014
Subject Date
2014
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
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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