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Clothing Worn by Andrew Reinhard During the 2014 "Atari Dig" Excavation at the Alamogordo, New Mexico Landfill
Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company, Eastern Mountain Sports, inc., Buffera, Ltd., 3M Company, Big Time Products, and Jewson Ltd.2005/2014
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
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.
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- Title: Clothing Worn by Andrew Reinhard During the 2014 "Atari Dig" Excavation at the Alamogordo, New Mexico Landfill
- Creator: Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company, Eastern Mountain Sports, inc., Buffera, Ltd., 3M Company, Big Time Products, Jewson Ltd.
- Date: 2014
- Date Created: 2005/2014
- Location: United States, New Mexico, Alamogordo
- Subject Keywords: Reinhard, Andrew, Dumps (Refuse areas), Excavation (Process), Landfills, Refuse and refuse disposal, Urban folklore, Video games, Atari Video Game Burial, 1983, Pants, Shirts (Main garments), Headgear, Vests (Garments), Gloves, Respirators, Boots, Clothing
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Clothing
- Object ID: 2015.84.1
- Image ID: THF162584
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Andrew Reinhard.
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