Holidays: Times Square New Year's Eve Ball

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Object Project

UNCW Public History

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The stuff of history is all around us—it’s in what we eat and wear, where we live and play, and how we work and travel. The Object Project is a podcast about material culture and history, produced by history students of the University of North Carolina Wilmington, in Wilmington, NC, and Dr. Jennifer Le Zotte, assistant professor of US history and material culture.

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Holidays: Times Square New Year's Eve Ball

Object Project

48 minutes 9 seconds

3 months ago

Holidays: Times Square New Year's Eve Ball

John Keyser's contribution to the "Holidays" season offers a story of human perception of time in the service of technology rife with fascinating material details of a very familiar object: the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball. Tune in to find out why we drop the ball to celebrate a passing year!