Object Details
maker
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Description
The Y2K project directors at Guardian Life Insurance in lower Manhattan used objects such as baseball caps and model trains to promote competition between the divisions and to keep team spirits up as the work moved forward. A model train was displayed in the company lobby, and as a division became Y2K compliant, a car with the division’s name on it was added to the train.
The Y2K project directors wore this baseball cap to team meetings when they felt the team was losing focus. The cap is embroidered with "Count Down 2000" and has a digital readout that counted down to the year 2000.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1999
ID Number
2004.3020.03
catalog number
2004.3020.03
nonaccession number
2004.3020
Object Name
Baseball Cap
Measurements
overall: 12 cm x 21 cm x 25 cm; 4 23/32 in x 8 9/32 in x 9 27/32 in
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Y2K
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1271053