Hard Hat Worn by Raiford Guins during the "Atari Dig" Excavation at the Alamogordo, New Mexico Landfill, 2014
THF162511 / Hard Hat Worn by Raiford Guins during the "Atari Dig" Excavation at the Alamogordo, New Mexico Landfill, 2014
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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 Raiford Guins, historian, during the world's first video game excavation.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Hard hat
Date Made
2012 - 2014
Subject Date
2014
Creators
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2015.85.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Raiford Guins.
Material
Plastic
Cloth
Color
White (Color)
Green
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 6 in
Width: 8.625 in
Length: 10.75 in
Inscriptions
handwritten on right side:
Born to Kill
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