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- Artifacts Recovered from an Alamogordo, New Mexico Landfill, April 2014, Site of the 1983 Atari Video Game Burial - 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 story became an obscure pop culture legend -- until "The Atari Tomb" was unearthed in 2014. These images document the world's first video game excavation.
- April 26, 2014
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Artifacts Recovered from an Alamogordo, New Mexico Landfill, April 2014, Site of the 1983 Atari Video Game Burial
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 story became an obscure pop culture legend -- until "The Atari Tomb" was unearthed in 2014. These images document the world's first video game excavation.
- Souvenir Postcard, "The Longhorn Ranch," Moriarty, New Mexico, 1940-1950 - Federal Highway 66 (more commonly known as Route 66) was established in 1926, and spanned 2,448 miles from Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California. Longhorn Ranch, located 48 miles east of Albuquerque, New Mexico, consisted of a restaurant, gas station, and curio shop. It promised travelers "a revival of the Old West amid a setting of modern convenience."
- 1940-1950
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Souvenir Postcard, "The Longhorn Ranch," Moriarty, New Mexico, 1940-1950
Federal Highway 66 (more commonly known as Route 66) was established in 1926, and spanned 2,448 miles from Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California. Longhorn Ranch, located 48 miles east of Albuquerque, New Mexico, consisted of a restaurant, gas station, and curio shop. It promised travelers "a revival of the Old West amid a setting of modern convenience."
- Oral History Interview with Al Unser Sr., January 6, 2009--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 150 - Al Unser, Sr., is best known for his four wins at the Indianapolis 500 -- in 1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987. Unser competed successfully in stock car, sports car and sprint car events as well. In 2009, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Unser at the Unser Racing Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- January 06, 2009
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Oral History Interview with Al Unser Sr., January 6, 2009--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 150
Al Unser, Sr., is best known for his four wins at the Indianapolis 500 -- in 1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987. Unser competed successfully in stock car, sports car and sprint car events as well. In 2009, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Unser at the Unser Racing Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- Oral History Interview with Al Unser Sr., January 6, 2009--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 9 - Al Unser, Sr., is best known for his four wins at the Indianapolis 500 -- in 1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987. Unser competed successfully in stock car, sports car and sprint car events as well. In 2009, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Unser at the Unser Racing Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- January 06, 2009
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Oral History Interview with Al Unser Sr., January 6, 2009--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 9
Al Unser, Sr., is best known for his four wins at the Indianapolis 500 -- in 1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987. Unser competed successfully in stock car, sports car and sprint car events as well. In 2009, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Unser at the Unser Racing Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- Oral History Interview with Al Unser Sr., January 6, 2009--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 14 - Al Unser, Sr., is best known for his four wins at the Indianapolis 500 -- in 1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987. Unser competed successfully in stock car, sports car and sprint car events as well. In 2009, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Unser at the Unser Racing Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- January 06, 2009
- Collections - Artifact
Oral History Interview with Al Unser Sr., January 6, 2009--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 14
Al Unser, Sr., is best known for his four wins at the Indianapolis 500 -- in 1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987. Unser competed successfully in stock car, sports car and sprint car events as well. In 2009, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Unser at the Unser Racing Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- Oral History Interview with Al Unser Sr., January 6, 2009--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 18 - Al Unser, Sr., is best known for his four wins at the Indianapolis 500 -- in 1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987. Unser competed successfully in stock car, sports car and sprint car events as well. In 2009, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Unser at the Unser Racing Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- January 06, 2009
- Collections - Artifact
Oral History Interview with Al Unser Sr., January 6, 2009--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 18
Al Unser, Sr., is best known for his four wins at the Indianapolis 500 -- in 1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987. Unser competed successfully in stock car, sports car and sprint car events as well. In 2009, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Unser at the Unser Racing Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- Oral History Interview with Al Unser Sr., January 6, 2009--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 19 - Al Unser, Sr., is best known for his four wins at the Indianapolis 500 -- in 1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987. Unser competed successfully in stock car, sports car and sprint car events as well. In 2009, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Unser at the Unser Racing Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- January 06, 2009
- Collections - Artifact
Oral History Interview with Al Unser Sr., January 6, 2009--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 19
Al Unser, Sr., is best known for his four wins at the Indianapolis 500 -- in 1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987. Unser competed successfully in stock car, sports car and sprint car events as well. In 2009, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Unser at the Unser Racing Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- Oral History Interview with Al Unser Sr., January 6, 2009--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 22 - Al Unser, Sr., is best known for his four wins at the Indianapolis 500 -- in 1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987. Unser competed successfully in stock car, sports car and sprint car events as well. In 2009, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Unser at the Unser Racing Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- January 06, 2009
- Collections - Artifact
Oral History Interview with Al Unser Sr., January 6, 2009--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 22
Al Unser, Sr., is best known for his four wins at the Indianapolis 500 -- in 1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987. Unser competed successfully in stock car, sports car and sprint car events as well. In 2009, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Unser at the Unser Racing Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- Oral History Interview with Al Unser Sr., January 6, 2009--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 29 - Al Unser, Sr., is best known for his four wins at the Indianapolis 500 -- in 1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987. Unser competed successfully in stock car, sports car and sprint car events as well. In 2009, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Unser at the Unser Racing Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- January 06, 2009
- Collections - Artifact
Oral History Interview with Al Unser Sr., January 6, 2009--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 29
Al Unser, Sr., is best known for his four wins at the Indianapolis 500 -- in 1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987. Unser competed successfully in stock car, sports car and sprint car events as well. In 2009, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Unser at the Unser Racing Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- Oral History Interview with Al Unser Sr., January 6, 2009--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 35 - Al Unser, Sr., is best known for his four wins at the Indianapolis 500 -- in 1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987. Unser competed successfully in stock car, sports car and sprint car events as well. In 2009, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Unser at the Unser Racing Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- January 06, 2009
- Collections - Artifact
Oral History Interview with Al Unser Sr., January 6, 2009--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 35
Al Unser, Sr., is best known for his four wins at the Indianapolis 500 -- in 1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987. Unser competed successfully in stock car, sports car and sprint car events as well. In 2009, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Unser at the Unser Racing Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.