FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960’S World War II (FC.136)

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FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960S World War II (FC.136)

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Major effects in 50s: FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960S World War II (FC.136) Military style conformity Prosperity & new techs

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Suburb of L.A., the stereotypical symbol of conformity in post-war America (1953)

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The Grateful Dead posing in a subdivision of Daly City California before it was opened to settlers (1967)

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Unforeseen side effects: Major effects in 50s: FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960S World War II (FC.136) Military style conformity Prosperity & new techs TV Graphic news coverage Beatniks flout old values

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Unforeseen side effects: Major effects in 50s: FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960S World War II (FC.136) Military style conformity Prosperity & new techs TV Graphic news coverage Beatniks flout old values Growing dissatisfaction with traditional values that seem increasingly repressive

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Unforeseen side effects: Major effects in 50s: FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960S World War II (FC.136) Military style conformity Prosperity & new techs TV Graphic news coverage Beatniks flout old values Mechaniz. of cotton picking (1944) Growing dissatisfaction with traditional values that seem increasingly repressive

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Unforeseen side effects: Major effects in 50s: FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960S World War II (FC.136) Military style conformity Prosperity & new techs TV Graphic news coverage Beatniks flout old values Great Migration to N. cities Mechaniz. of cotton picking (1944) Growing dissatisfaction with traditional values that seem increasingly repressive

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Unforeseen side effects: Major effects in 50s: FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960S World War II (FC.136) Military style conformity Prosperity & new techs TV Graphic news coverage Beatniks flout old values Crowded cities & few decent opportunities Great Migration to N. cities Mechaniz. of cotton picking (1944) Growing dissatisfaction with traditional values that seem increasingly repressive

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Unforeseen side effects: Major effects in 50s: FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960S World War II (FC.136) Military style conformity Prosperity & new techs TV Graphic news coverage Beatniks flout old values Crowded cities & few decent opportunities Great Migration to N. cities Mechaniz. of cotton picking (1944) Afr-Am. GIs feel entitled to more rights Growing dissatisfaction with traditional values that seem increasingly repressive

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Unforeseen side effects: Major effects in 50s: FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960S World War II (FC.136) Non-violent Civil Rights movement Violent reactions Military style conformity Prosperity & new techs TV Graphic news coverage Beatniks flout old values Crowded cities & few decent opportunities Great Migration to N. cities Mechaniz. of cotton picking (1944) Afr-Am. GIs feel entitled to more rights Growing dissatisfaction with traditional values that seem increasingly repressive

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Unforeseen side effects: Major effects in 50s: FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960S World War II (FC.136) Non-violent Civil Rights movement Violent reactions Military style conformity Prosperity & new techs TV Graphic news coverage Beatniks flout old values Crowded cities & few decent opportunities N. liberals sympathize w/civil rts Great Migration to N. cities Mechaniz. of cotton picking (1944) Afr-Am. GIs feel entitled to more rights Growing dissatisfaction with traditional values that seem increasingly repressive

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Unforeseen side effects: Major effects in 50s: FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960S World War II (FC.136) Non-violent Civil Rights movement Violent reactions Military style conformity Prosperity & new techs TV Graphic news coverage Beatniks flout old values More devious tactics (e.g., private schools) to thwart civil rights Crowded cities & few decent opportunities N. liberals sympathize w/civil rts Great Migration to N. cities Mechaniz. of cotton picking (1944) Afr-Am. GIs feel entitled to more rights Growing dissatisfaction with traditional values that seem increasingly repressive

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Unforeseen side effects: Major effects in 50s: FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960S Cold War Global role for U.S. (FC.138) World War II (FC.136) Non-violent Civil Rights movement Violent reactions Military style conformity Prosperity & new techs TV Graphic news coverage Beatniks flout old values More devious tactics (e.g., private schools) to thwart civil rights Crowded cities & few decent opportunities N. liberals sympathize w/civil rts Great Migration to N. cities Mechaniz. of cotton picking (1944) Afr-Am. GIs feel entitled to more rights Growing dissatisfaction with traditional values that seem increasingly repressive

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Unforeseen side effects: Major effects in 50s: FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960S Cold War Global role for U.S. (FC.138) World War II (FC.136) Non-violent Civil Rights movement Violent reactions Military style conformity Prosperity & new techs TV Graphic news coverage Beatniks flout old values More devious tactics (e.g., private schools) to thwart civil rights Crowded cities & few decent opportunities N. liberals sympathize w/civil rts Great Migration to N. cities Mechaniz. of cotton picking (1944) Afr-Am. GIs feel entitled to more rights Involvement in Vietnam Guerrilla war w/no vict. in sight Growing dissatisfaction with traditional values that seem increasingly repressive

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Unforeseen side effects: Major effects in 50s: FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960S Cold War Global role for U.S. (FC.138) World War II (FC.136) Non-violent Civil Rights movement Violent reactions Military style conformity Prosperity & new techs TV Graphic news coverage Beatniks flout old values More devious tactics (e.g., private schools) to thwart civil rights Crowded cities & few decent opportunities N. liberals sympathize w/civil rts Great Migration to N. cities Mechaniz. of cotton picking (1944) Afr-Am. GIs feel entitled to more rights Media & public turn vs. the war Involvement in Vietnam Guerrilla war w/no vict. in sight Growing dissatisfaction with traditional values that seem increasingly repressive

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Unforeseen side effects: Major effects in 50s: FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960S Cold War Global role for U.S. (FC.138) World War II (FC.136) Non-violent Civil Rights movement Violent reactions Military style conformity Prosperity & new techs TV Graphic news coverage Beatniks flout old values More devious tactics (e.g., private schools) to thwart civil rights Crowded cities & few decent opportunities N. liberals sympathize w/civil rts Great Migration to N. cities Mechaniz. of cotton picking (1944) Afr-Am. GIs feel entitled to more rights Media & public turn vs. the war Involvement in Vietnam Guerrilla war w/no vict. in sight Delayed fams Baby boom after 1945 Growing dissatisfaction with traditional values that seem increasingly repressive

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Unforeseen side effects: Major effects in 50s: FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960S Cold War Global role for U.S. (FC.138) World War II (FC.136) Non-violent Civil Rights movement Violent reactions Military style conformity Prosperity & new techs TV Graphic news coverage Beatniks flout old values More devious tactics (e.g., private schools) to thwart civil rights Crowded cities & few decent opportunities N. liberals sympathize w/civil rts Great Migration to N. cities Mechaniz. of cotton picking (1944) Afr-Am. GIs feel entitled to more rights Media & public turn vs. the war Well educ. & affluent generation Involvement in Vietnam Guerrilla war w/no vict. in sight Delayed fams Baby boom after 1945 Growing dissatisfaction with traditional values that seem increasingly repressive

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Sometimes protest took the form of glorifying such communist folk heroes as Che Guevara

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Women demonstrating for peace (1968)

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Antiwar Rally, SF,1969

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Above: anti-war march on the Pentagon Above Right: Anti-war protestors take over the office of the President of columbia University while supporters of the war and more protestors clash outside.

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The 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago was turbulent enough inside the convention hall as Chicagos Mayor Daley shouted down anti-war candidate, Eugene McCarthy. Outside it was a lot worse as anti-war protests in Lincoln Park during the day degenerated into a virtual police riot at night--all on national TV.

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Unforeseen side effects: Major effects in 50s: FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960S Cold War Global role for U.S. (FC.138) World War II (FC.136) Non-violent Civil Rights movement Violent reactions Military style conformity Prosperity & new techs TV Graphic news coverage Beatniks flout old values More devious tactics (e.g., private schools) to thwart civil rights Crowded cities & few decent opportunities N. liberals sympathize w/civil rts Great Migration to N. cities Mechaniz. of cotton picking (1944) Afr-Am. GIs feel entitled to more rights Growing student radicalism as truth about Viet Nam comes out Media & public turn vs. the war Idealistic, but impatient teens by 1960s Well educ. & affluent generation Involvement in Vietnam Guerrilla war w/no vict. in sight Delayed fams Baby boom after 1945 Growing dissatisfaction with traditional values that seem increasingly repressive

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Unforeseen side effects: Major effects in 50s: FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960S Cold War Global role for U.S. (FC.138) World War II (FC.136) Rising frustration with slowness of change Turbulence in late 1960s Non-violent Civil Rights movement Violent reactions Military style conformity Prosperity & new techs TV Graphic news coverage Beatniks flout old values More devious tactics (e.g., private schools) to thwart civil rights Crowded cities & few decent opportunities N. liberals sympathize w/civil rts Great Migration to N. cities Mechaniz. of cotton picking (1944) Afr-Am. GIs feel entitled to more rights Growing student radicalism as truth about Viet Nam comes out Media & public turn vs. the war Idealistic, but impatient teens by 1960s Well educ. & affluent generation Involvement in Vietnam Guerrilla war w/no vict. in sight Delayed fams Baby boom after 1945 Growing dissatisfaction with traditional values that seem increasingly repressive

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Unforeseen side effects: Major effects in 50s: FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960S Cold War Global role for U.S. (FC.138) World War II (FC.136) Civ Rts movements dissipates as Afr-Ams face more subtle forms of racism (FC.148.1) Vietnam the catalyst for wider range of soc. protests & indiv. experiences (FC.148.1) Rising frustration with slowness of change Turbulence in late 1960s Non-violent Civil Rights movement Violent reactions Challenges to trad. mid. class values Military style conformity Prosperity & new techs TV Graphic news coverage Beatniks flout old values Student riots & unrest, esp. after Kent State Univ. shootings (1970) Urban riots & unrest, esp. after Martin Luther King is killed (1968) More devious tactics (e.g., private schools) to thwart civil rights Crowded cities & few decent opportunities N. liberals sympathize w/civil rts Great Migration to N. cities Mechaniz. of cotton picking (1944) Afr-Am. GIs feel entitled to more rights Growing student radicalism as truth about Viet Nam comes out Media & public turn vs. the war Idealistic, but impatient teens by 1960s Well educ. & affluent generation Involvement in Vietnam Guerrilla war w/no vict. in sight Delayed fams Baby boom after 1945 Growing dissatisfaction with traditional values that seem increasingly repressive

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Unforeseen side effects: Major effects in 50s: FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960S Cold War Global role for U.S. (FC.138) World War II (FC.136) Civ Rts movements dissipates as Afr-Ams face more subtle forms of racism (FC.148.1) Vietnam the catalyst for wider range of soc. protests & indiv. experiences (FC.148.1) Rising frustration with slowness of change Turbulence in late 1960s Non-violent Civil Rights movement Violent reactions Backlash along generational & class lines Challenges to trad. mid. class values Military style conformity Prosperity & new techs TV Graphic news coverage Beatniks flout old values Student riots & unrest, esp. after Kent State Univ. shootings (1970) Urban riots & unrest, esp. after Martin Luther King is killed (1968) More devious tactics (e.g., private schools) to thwart civil rights Crowded cities & few decent opportunities N. liberals sympathize w/civil rts Great Migration to N. cities Mechaniz. of cotton picking (1944) Afr-Am. GIs feel entitled to more rights Growing student radicalism as truth about Viet Nam comes out Media & public turn vs. the war Idealistic, but impatient teens by 1960s Well educ. & affluent generation Involvement in Vietnam Guerrilla war w/no vict. in sight Delayed fams Baby boom after 1945 Growing dissatisfaction with traditional values that seem increasingly repressive

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Robert F. Kennedy lies near death after being shot at a political rally in June, 1968, barely two months after Martin Luther Kings Assassination. This event, on top of Kings murder, further disillusioned people about the prospects of peaceful reform.

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Counter-culture characterized by: Unforeseen side effects: Major effects in 50s: FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960S Cold War Global role for U.S. (FC.138) World War II (FC.136) Civ Rts movements dissipates as Afr-Ams face more subtle forms of racism (FC.148.1) Vietnam the catalyst for wider range of soc. protests & indiv. experiences (FC.148.1) Rising frustration with slowness of change Turbulence in late 1960s Non-violent Civil Rights movement Violent reactions Backlash along generational & class lines Challenges to trad. mid. class values Military style conformity Prosperity & new techs TV Graphic news coverage Beatniks flout old values Student riots & unrest, esp. after Kent State Univ. shootings (1970) Urban riots & unrest, esp. after Martin Luther King is killed (1968) Flaunting of sex (AKA free love) Youth oriented rock & roll Experimentation with drugs More devious tactics (e.g., private schools) to thwart civil rights Crowded cities & few decent opportunities N. liberals sympathize w/civil rts Great Migration to N. cities Mechaniz. of cotton picking (1944) Afr-Am. GIs feel entitled to more rights Growing student radicalism as truth about Viet Nam comes out Media & public turn vs. the war Idealistic, but impatient teens by 1960s Well educ. & affluent generation Involvement in Vietnam Guerrilla war w/no vict. in sight Delayed fams Baby boom after 1945 Growing dissatisfaction with traditional values that seem increasingly repressive

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Lasting impact on mainstream culture in 1970s on attitudes toward: Lasting impact on mainstream culture in 1970s on attitudes toward: Counter-culture characterized by: Unforeseen side effects: Major effects in 50s: FC.145 FRAGMENTATION & COUNTERCULTURE IN THE 1960S Cold War Global role for U.S. (FC.138) World War II (FC.136) Civ Rts movements dissipates as Afr-Ams face more subtle forms of racism (FC.148.1) Vietnam the catalyst for wider range of soc. protests & indiv. experiences (FC.148.1) Rising frustration with slowness of change Turbulence in late 1960s Non-violent Civil Rights movement Violent reactions Backlash along generational & class lines Challenges to trad. mid. class values The environment Fashion no longer dictated by designers Racial relations Sex & marriage Gender roles, esp. Gay rt/s & Womens Lib. Vegetarian diet Military style conformity Prosperity & new techs TV Graphic news coverage Beatniks flout old values Student riots & unrest, esp. after Kent State Univ. shootings (1970) Urban riots & unrest, esp. after Martin Luther King is killed (1968) Flaunting of sex (AKA free love) Youth oriented rock & roll Experimentation with drugs More devious tactics (e.g., private schools) to thwart civil rights Crowded cities & few decent opportunities N. liberals sympathize w/civil rts Great Migration to N. cities Mechaniz. of cotton picking (1944) Afr-Am. GIs feel entitled to more rights Growing student radicalism as truth about Viet Nam comes out Media & public turn vs. the war Idealistic, but impatient teens by 1960s Well educ. & affluent generation Involvement in Vietnam Guerrilla war w/no vict. in sight Delayed fams Baby boom after 1945 Growing dissatisfaction with traditional values that seem increasingly repressive (FC.148)

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Mod fashions No, they didnt make up all those wild colors & clothes just for an Austin Powers movie. Following the lead of such pop artists as Andy Warhol & Peter Max, Londons Carnaby Street briefly became the center of the fashion world.

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Art & fashion in the 1960s also drew heavily from the Art Nouveau movement of the early 20th century.

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Twiggy, the first super-model, was especially known & ridiculed for her excessively thin body. However, this has remained the standard ideal body image for many women since the 1960s

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Even big-name high fashion designers, such as whoever this guy is, followed suit.

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The 1960s even saw rebellion against the dictates of the fashion industry, as seen by this anti-fashion statement at a happening in London.

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Mr. B with the original Mr. B, 1965

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Mr. B & Nick, his best friend from college, posing by the window of their fraternity

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Mr. Bs best friend from college, Nick, a few years later (Feb, 1974)

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Mr. Bs freshman fraternity picture (fall, 1969)

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Mr. B during his fraternity hell week, January, 1970)

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Mr. B at the quarry where he worked during summers in his college years (August, 1970). They made me cut my hair for the job & I wasnt one bit happy about it.

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Mr. Bs college ID (fall, 1970)

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Mr. Bs college ID (fall, 1974). By now Id been married for over a year & was starting to mellow out a bit from my teenage angst period.

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Gooselake Rock Festival in Michigan (August, 1970). One of the best times I ever had. These people spent the entire festival giving drinks of water to members of the crowd.

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These guys spent the entire festival jumping.

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This guy spent the entire festival acting weird.

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And these people spent the entire festival running a seminar on chemistry.

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Mr. B trying to look like a tough revolutionary (Spring, 1971)

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Mr. B giving a boot & flag to a fraternity brother (spring, 1971). Dont even try to make sense of this picture. I have no idea what sort of reaction this gesture might get in the Middle East.

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Mr. B posing as the Sun god, Apollo. No delusions of grandeur here. (spring, 1971)

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Jill Hamilton (future wife of the sun god) posing for a talent show at her high school. Growing up in small-town America (I.e., Tolono), she like millions of other teenage baby-boomers had a typically conservative middle class upbringing.

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Jill working at her fathers Dairy Cream in Tolono (c.1968).

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Jill (the one in the dress) as a bridesmaid for one of her best friends wedding

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But even she & her sister, Donna, were affected by the changes in culture & fashion during the 1960s

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My college room mate on the front page of the DI.

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Jill and I before our rehearsal dinner

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Playing frisbee on my wedding day (6/9/73) with one of my groomsmen. (The wedding wasnt until that evening.)

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Tony Catozzi & Co. passed out drunk in the back of Dave Bartas 1970 VW Bus. This is where I learned to drive stick shift, on a 6-lane freeway in the mountains between Reno, Nevada and Sacramento, Ca, with numerous emergency stops.

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Marilyn Monroe above) & Elizabeth Taylor by Andy Warhol

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Andy Warhol, Jackie, 1964

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Andy Warhol, Mao and Mao 2, both done in 1972

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Especially indicative of the spirit of the times was the series of posters designed to promote concerts of the new music emerging. The most popular of these posters advertised concerts at Bill Grahams Fillmore West in San Francisco, whose artists in the 1960s developed what was a virtual artistic renaissance modeled largely after the style of Art Nouveau of the late1800s.

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Love is Haight: San Francisco, hippies, and the counterculture

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Hoppy Hopkins & Suzie Zeiglers hippie wedding (6/15/68) and a psychedelically painted bus, a common icon of the hippie movement.

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The hippie spirit owed a lot to the beatniks. Several of them had settled in the Bay area and, like Allen Ginsburg, made the transition from 50s beatniks to 60s hippies. By the same token, many Beats looked down on the hippies as posers.

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Many residents became thoroughly frustrated with the media hype and urban living, many hippies,, such as these in Bolinas, Ca. In1968, moved to the country to experience a simpler, quieter life.

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