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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: August 30, 2016
Caption: Burning Man Timeline, 1986 - 1991 Marker
Additional Description: Captions: 1986: Larry Harvey conceives 1st Burning Man! Yay Larry! Larry and Jerry James construct this improvised wooden figure and burn it. A flyer for the event, one of few images from then. Hey, it was the olden days...; 1987: In an effort to confuse future Burners, all of the other attendees hid from this photo. You can hear then gigging.; 1988: "Get up, youse!" the burners all cried. "Oh I am so stoned." replied the Man. In reality he's made of wood.; 1989: Refusing to get up on his own prompts Larry to rename him "Lazy Man." However, it's pointed out the confusion with "La-Z-Boy" may cause a legal dustup, so Larry grudgingly goes back to the original name.; 1990: Let's see - the arm goes - no wait, its the leg that goes -- back it up, let's try the - has anyone seen Dan Miller?; 1991: "Floatin' down -- Oh, floatin' down Floatin' down da River down to Burning Town!," Crimson Rose says that the Man's dancing is a little wooden. (Yeh, I'm going with this one...)
Submitted: September 8, 2016, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p361949
File Size: 3.515 Megabytes

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