Wax Cylinders
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Wax Cylinders
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As Grayson Ozias IV traveled, he recorded his adventures on wax cylinders, which also contain clues about where players in 2009 might find his artifacts.
Intro video
On levis.com/goforth there is a video featuring (presumably) members of Levi's staff embarking on a journey of their own, locating the buried Ozias fortune, documenting it and re-burying it. The vocal track on the video is a letter from Grayson Ozias IV explaining his desire to explore America (see: Travel Diaries, Intro Video)
Clue 1
The wax cylinder recording describes G.O.IV's decision to depart (see: Travel Diaries, Cylinder 1).
Listen: Cylinder1 Audio
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Clue 1 was collected by Kristin G. It was the postcard mentioned in the diary, with an engraving of the Liberty Torch on one side, and a $100 giftcard to the NY Trapeze School.
Clue 2
G.O. IV informs his father and friends he will be leaving, and says his goodbyes. (see: Travel Diaries, Cylinder 2).
Listen: Cylinder2 Audio
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Clue 2 was collected by Kristin G. It was 'Leaves of Grass', a collection of Whitman poems, and a letter from Nathan Strauss.
Kristin said: "The hat was brown. No red hat sorry. Guy holding newspaper and wearing a brown hat walked with crowd toward the entrance. I nabbed him before he got as far as the entrance. Then he walked straight off."
Clue 3
G.O. IV's boat docks, and he speaks to a man on shore, learning of a shipwreck 30 years before. (see: Travel Diaries, Cylinder 3).
Listen: Cylinder3 Audio
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Clue 3 was collected by Kyle, who drove four hours from Atlanta, Georgia. He received a black box with two sheets of paper, one of which bore a cipher. Watch a video of the exchange here.
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Clue 4
G.O. IV travels west, passing through Alabama. He makes money by playing his violin with a group of fiddlers. (see: Travel Diaries, Cylinder 4).
Listen: Cylinder4 Audio
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Clue 4 was collected by Ashley C. She collected the washboard and went to St. Peters and Bourbon, where she sang "When the Saints Go Marching In" with a group of people. (Watch the performance here.) Her prize was a gift certificate to go on an airboat swamp tour for two. She also received the completed Clue 3 Cipher.
Clue 5
G.O. IV heads up the Mississippi to Davenport with the brass band and travels to a city by the water, where he gets a shave and has a night out in a hotel with a young woman. (see: Travel Diaries, Cylinder 5).
Listen: Cylinder5 Audio
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Clue 5 was collected by??? They received a package containing a flask, suspenders, a belt, a book, a letter and a cipher. The book is The Lives of Celebrated Travellers, Vol. II (1835) by James Augustus St. John.
Clue 6
GOIV is jailed in Missouri by a cousin of the girl from Chicago. While jailed, he plays poker with a mysterious man who has disappeared by the next morning. (see: Travel Diaries, Cylinder 6).
Listen: Cylinder6 Audio
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