The Most Popular Digital Collections Artifacts of 2022

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This year, online visitors viewed the artifact pages in our Digital Collections nearly 900,000 times--that's more than one in every twenty-five pageviews on our whole website. Many of the artifacts that were viewed the most this year were also on last year's list, but some of the new entries include a 1996 StarTAC flip phone, a McDonald's Happy Meal "Teenie Beanie" toy, a 1923 Stutz Bearcat Roadster, and a Kmart "bluelight specials" strobe light.

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Ken Miles at the 24 Hours of Le Mans Race, June 1966

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British-born Ken Miles was a gifted race car engineer and driver. Through his work for Carroll Shelby, Miles got involved in Ford's GT racing program. Miles won the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1966, and he placed second at Le Mans. Miles died in a crash while testing Ford's J-Car later that year.