Computer Bug Tie Tack
date: label: Date made
content: 1989
label: Date made
content: 1989
notes: label: Description
content: The front of this tie tack is a computer chip, in which the prongs of the chip represent the legs of the bug. The bug also has a leather tail and two plastic eyes. It is sold on a small paper base with a sheet of humorous instructions. The instructions and bug fit into a clear plastic box. The instructions are copyrighted 1983 and 1984; the donor reports that he received the bug as a gift in 1989 to honor his service as one of the project managers for the Information Age exhibit at the National Museum of American History. He did not wear the tie tack, but displayed it, in its plastic box, on his office computer.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: Acquisition file 1997.3098.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Harold Closter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.3098.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 1997.3098
label: catalog number
content: 1997.3098.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: accessory
label: Object Type
content: ephemera
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.9 cm x 5.5 cm x 5.2 cm; 1 5/32 in x 2 5/32 in x 2 1/16 in