Space Invader Erasers
date: label: date made
content: ca 2013
notes: label: Description
content: This set of three erasers is enclosed in a sealed plastic bag. It was purchased by the donor May 2, 2014, at Powell's Bookstore in Portland, Oregon for $2.95. The three erasers are of three different aliens that the player shoots. The erasers are in three colors: Pink, blue, and green. The erasers are made by Kikkerland.
label: Description
content: Space Invaders was a popular game released in 1978 in Japan and then imported into the United States. The simpliciity of the gameplay and its iconic imagery and sound design has lead to Space Invaders being reference in popular culture over time. In addition to the erasers, one can point to Space Invaders vitamins and a t-shirt (1983.0083.12 and 1983.0083.21) in the Medical Sciences Collection.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Drew Robarge
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.3173.01
label: catalog number
content: 2015.3173.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2015.3173
objectType: label: Object Name
content: erasers
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 3 11/16 in x 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 9.3345 cm x 1.27 cm