Alejandro Giron
Professor Underwood
History 201 USA, Africa and the World
October 6th, 2008
Personal Artifact Essay
It is February 7th, 2208, and my name is Bryce Giron. I am 17 years old and I live in the city of Brooklyn, New York. My parents and I are digging in our backyard searching for a time capsule that my great ancestor Alejandro Giron has left behind. He passed down a letter to all of my predecessors telling them to wait 200 years and to find what he has left behind. He wants us to analyze the personal objects that he left and try to make assumptions about how people lived back in the year 2008.
Once we found the time capsule, my parents left me to go through the objects that were inside. It’s a small trunk sealed in a plastic bag. When I took the trunk out, I noticed that it was covered in a pattern all over which seemed to be like small Y’s. Also if you look closely you can see the word Goyard in between the small Y’s. This trunk seemed real primitive compared to the things that are around today. Since my ancestor placed all his personal items inside the trunk I can infer that this was used as some sort of storage. I looked up Goyard on the internet, and from what I have found, it was a brand of bags. They made luggage, trunks and other types of bags. I also found that these were a high fashion brand of bags; they were created in limited numbers making it harder and more expensive for one to own. Judging from this fact, I assume that my great grandfather was heavily into fashion and presentation.
There was also a pair of jeans inside the trunk. The jeans had a leather patch in the upper right side of the back of the jeans. The patch was light brown with an orange N on it. Under the N, the words Nudie Jeans Co. were engraved in the leather patch. There was also a small booklet in the back pocket of the jeans. There was some sort of instructions in the booklet pertaining to how one should care for the jeans. It said that it was made from selvedge denim and it was unwashed. It also said that the jeans should not be washed until they have been worn for six months. There were also pictures of some of the other products that this brand produced. All of the jeans had the same sign on the back pockets. The design was about six lines in a curved design. I looked Nudie Jeans Co. on the internet as well and I found that this brand was pretty popular during the time period he grew up in. This brand was also considered to be high fashion. I made the assumption that high fashion just meant the product was priced over the normal cost of any other normal brand that sold the same type of product.
There was one more thing inside the trunk. It was a small electronic device that was called the Iphone. This was created by Apple, and it was an extremely primitive version of today’s Apple phones. There was also a charger for the phone along with it. I went through the phone and the thing that I paid very close attention to is the photos. There were many photos of what seemed to be the same people. I assume that they were pictures of my ancestor and his group of friends. Being that there were so many pictures of them at different places and different times, I can assume that he and his group of friends were extremely close for a long period of time. I also realized that my ancestor was wearing what seemed to be the same pair of jeans that were inside the trunk.
After analyzing all of the things that were inside the trunk, I made these assumptions. First, I can tell that my ancestor was really into presentation, meaning he always wanted to have the best products and he wanted to look a certain way. I can tell that he was very precise about the clothes that he wore and the devices that he carried. I can also tell that he had a very close group of friends. From that I can assume that he had a strong sense of family, he cared very much about these people. I say this because if there was tension between them, I doubt that they would be together so much. It also looked like they were a fun loving group of people, in every picture everyone was smiling and they just seemed happy. Life in 2008 looks like it may have been a really fun experience.
Professor Underwood
History 201 USA, Africa and the World
October 6th, 2008
Personal Artifact Essay
It is February 7th, 2208, and my name is Bryce Giron. I am 17 years old and I live in the city of Brooklyn, New York. My parents and I are digging in our backyard searching for a time capsule that my great ancestor Alejandro Giron has left behind. He passed down a letter to all of my predecessors telling them to wait 200 years and to find what he has left behind. He wants us to analyze the personal objects that he left and try to make assumptions about how people lived back in the year 2008.
Once we found the time capsule, my parents left me to go through the objects that were inside. It’s a small trunk sealed in a plastic bag. When I took the trunk out, I noticed that it was covered in a pattern all over which seemed to be like small Y’s. Also if you look closely you can see the word Goyard in between the small Y’s. This trunk seemed real primitive compared to the things that are around today. Since my ancestor placed all his personal items inside the trunk I can infer that this was used as some sort of storage. I looked up Goyard on the internet, and from what I have found, it was a brand of bags. They made luggage, trunks and other types of bags. I also found that these were a high fashion brand of bags; they were created in limited numbers making it harder and more expensive for one to own. Judging from this fact, I assume that my great grandfather was heavily into fashion and presentation.
There was also a pair of jeans inside the trunk. The jeans had a leather patch in the upper right side of the back of the jeans. The patch was light brown with an orange N on it. Under the N, the words Nudie Jeans Co. were engraved in the leather patch. There was also a small booklet in the back pocket of the jeans. There was some sort of instructions in the booklet pertaining to how one should care for the jeans. It said that it was made from selvedge denim and it was unwashed. It also said that the jeans should not be washed until they have been worn for six months. There were also pictures of some of the other products that this brand produced. All of the jeans had the same sign on the back pockets. The design was about six lines in a curved design. I looked Nudie Jeans Co. on the internet as well and I found that this brand was pretty popular during the time period he grew up in. This brand was also considered to be high fashion. I made the assumption that high fashion just meant the product was priced over the normal cost of any other normal brand that sold the same type of product.
There was one more thing inside the trunk. It was a small electronic device that was called the Iphone. This was created by Apple, and it was an extremely primitive version of today’s Apple phones. There was also a charger for the phone along with it. I went through the phone and the thing that I paid very close attention to is the photos. There were many photos of what seemed to be the same people. I assume that they were pictures of my ancestor and his group of friends. Being that there were so many pictures of them at different places and different times, I can assume that he and his group of friends were extremely close for a long period of time. I also realized that my ancestor was wearing what seemed to be the same pair of jeans that were inside the trunk.
After analyzing all of the things that were inside the trunk, I made these assumptions. First, I can tell that my ancestor was really into presentation, meaning he always wanted to have the best products and he wanted to look a certain way. I can tell that he was very precise about the clothes that he wore and the devices that he carried. I can also tell that he had a very close group of friends. From that I can assume that he had a strong sense of family, he cared very much about these people. I say this because if there was tension between them, I doubt that they would be together so much. It also looked like they were a fun loving group of people, in every picture everyone was smiling and they just seemed happy. Life in 2008 looks like it may have been a really fun experience.
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