Cotter pin

This is a cotter pin.

This is a Kotter pin. Any questions?

ID		160010
Object		Cotter pin
Length		about 65mm
Material		Metal
Provenance		Dallas, Texas
Credit Line		The Museum of Parking Lot Junk

Dinosaur "Rex"

"I did it! I finally defeated Zurg!"

ID		160009
Object		"Rex" the Toy Story dinosaur (fragment)
Length		about 65mm
Material		Plastic
Provenance		Dallas, Texas
Credit Line		The Museum of Parking Lot Junk

Mystery Metal No. 1

This is my favorite type of parking lot junk. It had some purpose, but is a mystery now without context. The nut is welded to the metal plate, two holes at a jaunty angle. Things like this go into the Permanent Collection.

ID		160008
Object		Mystery Metal No. 1
Length		34mm
Material		Rubber
Provenance		Dallas, Texas
Credit Line		The Museum of Parking Lot Junk

Flat spring

This spring has been flattened to the point where it can't be flattened anymore. Run it over with a truck and it will look the same. It's part of its environment now. There's a metaphor here somewhere.

ID		160007
Object		Flat spring
Length		48mm
Material		Metal
Provenance		Dallas, Texas
Credit Line		The Museum of Parking Lot Junk

Sunglasses lens

If the people I know are any indication, sunglasses must be just about the most often misplaced or lost item owned by modern humans. The lenses, either because they're flat or because they're less brittle, tend to outlast the frames in parking lots. The other lens from this pair was about 20 feet away, but no frame pieces. I've considered picking these up as I find them and eventually making a stained glass piece.

ID		160006
Object		Sunglass lens
Length		57mm
Material		Plastic
Provenance		Dallas, Texas
Credit Line		The Museum of Parking Lot Junk

Spaceship toy

Flat blue plastic spaceship toy. Simple but effective. Hearkens back to the old flat army sets one could order from comic book ads.

ID		160005
Object		American handball
Length		90mm
Material		Rubber
Provenance		Dallas, Texas
Credit Line		The Museum of Parking Lot Junk

American Handball

This is a ball for playing handball. More precisely, American handball, as opposed to the team sport played in the Olympics. I know that because it is about 4.76 cm across. Bigger than a squash ball, smaller than a racquetball. You can imagine how thrilled my family is that I stop and take measurements of these things.

ID		160004
Object		American handball
Material		Rubber
Provenance		Dallas, Texas
Credit Line		The Museum of Parking Lot Junk