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- Certificate of Authenticity for Video Game Recovered in 2014 from the 1983 Atari Video Game Burial Site - In 1983, rumors circulated: Atari was bankrupt, and was dumping truckloads of games into a New Mexico landfill. Victim to the "Video Game Crash," the company buried 700,000 cartridges in the desert. The story became an obscure pop culture legend -- until "The Atari Tomb" was unearthed in 2014. This document captures the history of the world's first video game excavation.
- April 26, 2014
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Certificate of Authenticity for Video Game Recovered in 2014 from the 1983 Atari Video Game Burial Site
In 1983, rumors circulated: Atari was bankrupt, and was dumping truckloads of games into a New Mexico landfill. Victim to the "Video Game Crash," the company buried 700,000 cartridges in the desert. The story became an obscure pop culture legend -- until "The Atari Tomb" was unearthed in 2014. This document captures the history of the world's first video game excavation.
- Artifacts Recovered from an Alamogordo, New Mexico Landfill, April 2014, Site of the 1983 Atari Video Game Burial - In 1983, rumors circulated: Atari was bankrupt, and was dumping truckloads of games into a New Mexico landfill. Victim to the "Video Game Crash," the company buried 700,000 cartridges in the desert. The story became an obscure pop culture legend -- until "The Atari Tomb" was unearthed in 2014. These images document the world's first video game excavation.
- April 26, 2014
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Artifacts Recovered from an Alamogordo, New Mexico Landfill, April 2014, Site of the 1983 Atari Video Game Burial
In 1983, rumors circulated: Atari was bankrupt, and was dumping truckloads of games into a New Mexico landfill. Victim to the "Video Game Crash," the company buried 700,000 cartridges in the desert. The story became an obscure pop culture legend -- until "The Atari Tomb" was unearthed in 2014. These images document the world's first video game excavation.
- Excavation Crew in April 2014 at the Alamogordo, New Mexico Landfill, Site of the 1983 Atari Video Game Burial - In 1983, rumors circulated: Atari was bankrupt, and was dumping truckloads of games into a New Mexico landfill. Victim to the "Video Game Crash," the company buried 700,000 cartridges in the desert. The story became an obscure pop culture legend -- until "The Atari Tomb" was unearthed in 2014. These images document the world's first video game excavation.
- April 26, 2014
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Excavation Crew in April 2014 at the Alamogordo, New Mexico Landfill, Site of the 1983 Atari Video Game Burial
In 1983, rumors circulated: Atari was bankrupt, and was dumping truckloads of games into a New Mexico landfill. Victim to the "Video Game Crash," the company buried 700,000 cartridges in the desert. The story became an obscure pop culture legend -- until "The Atari Tomb" was unearthed in 2014. These images document the world's first video game excavation.
- Atari Products Excavated April 2014 from the Alamogordo, New Mexico Landfill, Site of the 1983 Atari Video Game Burial - In 1983, rumors circulated: Atari was bankrupt, and was dumping truckloads of games into a New Mexico landfill. Victim to the "Video Game Crash," the company buried 700,000 cartridges in the desert. The story became an obscure pop culture legend -- until "The Atari Tomb" was unearthed in 2014. These images document the world's first video game excavation.
- April 26, 2014
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Atari Products Excavated April 2014 from the Alamogordo, New Mexico Landfill, Site of the 1983 Atari Video Game Burial
In 1983, rumors circulated: Atari was bankrupt, and was dumping truckloads of games into a New Mexico landfill. Victim to the "Video Game Crash," the company buried 700,000 cartridges in the desert. The story became an obscure pop culture legend -- until "The Atari Tomb" was unearthed in 2014. These images document the world's first video game excavation.
- Alamogordo, New Mexico Landfill in September 1983, Site of the Atari Video Game Burial - In 1983, rumors circulated: Atari was bankrupt, and was dumping truckloads of games into a New Mexico landfill. Victim to the "Video Game Crash," the company buried 700,000 cartridges in the desert. The story became an obscure pop culture legend -- until "The Atari Tomb" was unearthed in 2014. This image documents the original 1983 burial of material.
- September 01, 1983
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Alamogordo, New Mexico Landfill in September 1983, Site of the Atari Video Game Burial
In 1983, rumors circulated: Atari was bankrupt, and was dumping truckloads of games into a New Mexico landfill. Victim to the "Video Game Crash," the company buried 700,000 cartridges in the desert. The story became an obscure pop culture legend -- until "The Atari Tomb" was unearthed in 2014. This image documents the original 1983 burial of material.
- Cementing over Refuse at the Atari Video Game Burial in September 1983, Alamogordo, New Mexico Landfill - In 1983, rumors circulated: Atari was bankrupt, and was dumping truckloads of games into a New Mexico landfill. Victim to the "Video Game Crash," the company buried 700,000 cartridges in the desert. The story became an obscure pop culture legend -- until "The Atari Tomb" was unearthed in 2014. This image documents the original 1983 burial of material.
- September 01, 1983
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Cementing over Refuse at the Atari Video Game Burial in September 1983, Alamogordo, New Mexico Landfill
In 1983, rumors circulated: Atari was bankrupt, and was dumping truckloads of games into a New Mexico landfill. Victim to the "Video Game Crash," the company buried 700,000 cartridges in the desert. The story became an obscure pop culture legend -- until "The Atari Tomb" was unearthed in 2014. This image documents the original 1983 burial of material.
- Boyhood Rock with John Burroughs Memorial Plaque, Roxbury, New York, 1944 - Naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921) was buried on a quiet plot of ground near his boyhood home in the Catskill Mountains of New York. A plaque was placed on Boyhood Rock where the young Burroughs once played and which now serves as his gravestone. The plaque contains a bas relief of Burroughs and a quote from his poem "Waiting."
- May 19, 1944
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Boyhood Rock with John Burroughs Memorial Plaque, Roxbury, New York, 1944
Naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921) was buried on a quiet plot of ground near his boyhood home in the Catskill Mountains of New York. A plaque was placed on Boyhood Rock where the young Burroughs once played and which now serves as his gravestone. The plaque contains a bas relief of Burroughs and a quote from his poem "Waiting."
- Boyhood Rock, Burial Place of John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1925 - Naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921) was buried on a quiet plot of ground near his boyhood home in the Catskill Mountains of New York. A plaque was placed on Boyhood Rock where the young Burroughs once played and which now serves as his gravestone. The plaque contains a bas relief of Burroughs and a quote from his poem "Waiting."
- March 01, 1925
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Boyhood Rock, Burial Place of John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1925
Naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921) was buried on a quiet plot of ground near his boyhood home in the Catskill Mountains of New York. A plaque was placed on Boyhood Rock where the young Burroughs once played and which now serves as his gravestone. The plaque contains a bas relief of Burroughs and a quote from his poem "Waiting."
- Cedar of Lebanon in Santa Rosa, California Where Luther Burbank is Buried, 1928-1940 - Luther Burbank (1849-1926), an American horticulturalist and author, gained a reputation for selective breeding that yielded more than 800 new fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants. In 1875, Burbank followed family from Massachusetts to Santa Rosa, California, attracted by a longer growing season. By 1881, Burbank's modest success with raising and selling plants allowed him to purchase the home depicted here.
- 1928-1940
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Cedar of Lebanon in Santa Rosa, California Where Luther Burbank is Buried, 1928-1940
Luther Burbank (1849-1926), an American horticulturalist and author, gained a reputation for selective breeding that yielded more than 800 new fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants. In 1875, Burbank followed family from Massachusetts to Santa Rosa, California, attracted by a longer growing season. By 1881, Burbank's modest success with raising and selling plants allowed him to purchase the home depicted here.
- Demonstration of "Cathedral" Burial Quilt Made by Zak Foster, 2022 -
- 2022
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Demonstration of "Cathedral" Burial Quilt Made by Zak Foster, 2022