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This month, in 1969, nearly half a million music lovers got together at a dairy farm in New York for the legendary 3-day Woodstock Festival.
Publicized as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", 32 bands, including Jimi Hendrix, The Who, and Santana, played for the huge audience gathered for this amazing Woodstock lineup rain or shine. Flower children, muddy fields, naked people swimming - it was all there in this music festival, just as you'd expect. And though there was also a shortage of food and drinking water, it was pouring rain, and nobody was prepared for such huge turn-up, happy memories were made there. Luckily, two LIFE photographers Bill Eppridge and John Dominis were on-site during the famous music festival and managed to capture the essence of the 1960s perfectly. Take a look at the cool photos below and vote for your favorites!
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Arty 9 years ago
just the water pressure, don't let your imagination go too wild ;)
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Mags Acutt 9 years ago
I've still got a gold chain belt just like the one on his hat. It brings back memories.
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Archie Moore 9 years ago
Haven't seen Barbra too often, eh? You spelled her name wrong, too.
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Flora Polvado 9 years ago
These people are now in their seventies at least. Can you believe this was almost fifty years ago?
Lou Varner 9 years ago
no! go braless it pulls the wringles out of her face lol
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Jeanne Deaux 9 years ago
They were not all junkies. Some appreciated the event without the drugs and might very well remember it.
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Richard Petch 9 years ago
He was too busy smoking pot to bother to eat food.
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Cassie 9 years ago
Full frontal female nudity with a male also naked, but his dangly bits are obscured by the woman in the foreground.
Cassie 9 years ago
Why is this downvoted? I was just providing info regarding why the content is labeled mature so people can make an educated decision whether to click. I'll keep in mind people don't like disclosure from now on. 0.o
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Cristina Alejandra 9 years ago
Why mature content? Because those are the tits and the bush of a white woman?
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Jeanne Deaux 9 years ago
I wonder who took care of all the trashes they left behind... Something tells me they didn't do it themselves.
Tee Salgado 9 years ago
I was there. A bunch of us helped to pick up the trash. BTW there were no iPhones back in '69, though I doubt you were even born then.
Katinka Min 9 years ago
Based on some of the stories I read, this is one of the more honest pics.
Flora Polvado 9 years ago
No iPhones, landlines only. 'Bout to loose his money.
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Dana Erasmowitz 9 years ago
Wonder if this beautiful young man in the pic is still around? The spring of youth!
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David Soares 9 years ago
All that material ;and no pockets for the packs of smokes. Should team up with the guy behind him and put them in his luggage
Alexis Alexandra 9 years ago
We had that bedspread too! Didn't make ours into an outfit however.
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Dana Erasmowitz 9 years ago
I'd chose a groovy way just so that I might cross paths with Jimmy Hendrix and the likes
Peter Kealey 9 years ago
You'd probably find him by following the high way too.
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Tiffanie Ragasa 9 years ago
actually... long hair tied back in the white scarf... ;D
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Dana Erasmowitz 9 years ago
One thing I like about the 60-70s hippy era- the beautiful women were natural!
Sarah Silverstone 9 years ago
LOL; her hair is dyed blonde and she's wearing a ton of eye shadow!
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Teleri Nyfain 9 years ago
Oh you think we really were? LOL LOL LOL We worked hard to create that illusiion....
Dana Erasmowitz 9 years ago
You are dead wrong! Embroidered blouses were a hype at the time and practically all over the place whereas Hungarians were behind the Iron Fence!
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Mags Acutt 9 years ago
I think they were waiting for a load of Bell Bottom jeans - they were holding the guy in the brown waistcoat's sandals as security!
Marlene Jones 9 years ago
I was thinkin the same thing. I wonder how long it took to clean up all that garbage.
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Jakub DeFacto 9 years ago
i'm from Poland and we have that kind of thing once a year, it looks almost like that... and it's thanks to charity
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William Taylor 9 years ago
The real story is how are these people today? What has their lives been like? Do they now leave there trash all over the place? Most are probably grandparents now! I would love to see a follow up study done.
Flora Polvado 9 years ago
.....even great grandparents. There was a special around 1984, twenty-fifth anniversary special.
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Csaba Budai 9 years ago
Hygenie is overrated... It's the enemy of your immune system... :)
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John Martese 6 years ago
Read all about Jeannie Whitworth "the young girl holding the wine bottle soaking wet" as seen in Life Magazine facebook.com/download/preview/373821206629697 facebook.com/jeannie.whitworth/posts/10216853238457749
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Jeanne Deaux 9 years ago
One of my students have a similar motorbike. It's so noisy we always know when he arrives.
Trina Risos 9 years ago
I agree! In our city this was a fad in the late 90's, and there were a group of boys who called themselves the Chappy Boys. We could tell if they arrived because of the noise.
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Myranda Valles 9 years ago
Just a group of happy people being happy and feeling the Love. Just looking at these pictures make Me feel the peace within Me ♡
Arty 9 years ago
well you can...I don't really see the difference with now expect the picture color...
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Ančí Sachetka 9 years ago
i think that in Woodstock has no refundable cups :D
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Gabriela Corcodel 9 years ago
I believe that these are the owners of the land where the festival was held.
Trina Risos 9 years ago
You're right, Gabriela. And they were paid rent for the festival. This was my research paper in highschool......20 years ago haha.
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Tash Stuart 9 years ago
Mom,Dad..Can I have a party?You know, just a couple of friends ,we'll have it out back away from the house..They'll need a dozer to clean up
Maggie Grover Bacher 9 years ago
look at all the garbage in the background. great party but also great mess
Mags Acutt 9 years ago
You kids make a worse mess these days and it's mostly not biodegradable!
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Hans 9 years ago
Mature content but the next is not? Bit inconsistent, and a bit strange as well.
Cassie 9 years ago
Yea, the one below is a naked man from the front. His penis is barely obscured by his hands. I guess it's because we can see the butt in this pic but not the penis in that one. Honestly, I think we may be a little prudish to label this one mature.
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Diana Lazar 9 years ago
Oh really, a man's a*s and it's mature content, after all the pictures with the naked women from other posts !!!!
Ann Jeppesen 9 years ago
All I see (well not all) is a shitload of trash. I've never been to something like this, but why on earth do you just dump your trash?
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Desi McSheep 9 years ago
This shirt looks like it's part of a Bulgarian traditional dress! Lovely!
Mags Acutt 9 years ago
Floral art was very popular - The Flower Children Hmmm
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Mags Acutt 9 years ago
Tame trousers. Mine were pink, purple, orange and yellow striped. Wide bell bottoms. Still got them
Carol Stapleton 9 years ago
Fab Mags Acutt, but do you still wear them? Lol xx
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Carolina Kowal 9 years ago
Even a sheep made it to Woodstock...he was the psychedelic sheep of the family.
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Carol Stapleton 9 years ago
Oh? I thought she'd moved to the higher plane!
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friskychick 1 year ago
She's still groovin swaying to the tunes man. Oh I wish I had been there . swaying right next to her
friskychick 1 year ago
Wondering what song she is hl groovin to wish I was swaying to the music beside her thise were the days. Peace out
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Jeanne Deaux 9 years ago
Oooh, one of those amazing cameras!!! Wonder if it survived Woodstock and if he still have it (if he is still alive).
Mags Acutt 9 years ago
I had a Kodak Instamatic. El cheapo took great pics
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MerriMommy 9 years ago
Woodstock was held on a dairy farm. Pretty sure there was a lot of barefooted s**t hopping going on ;)
MerriMommy 9 years ago
Woodstock was held on a dairy farm. Pretty sure there was a lot of barefooted s**t hopping going on ;)
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Jeanne Deaux 9 years ago
Yiiirk, we're far from the glamour of the peace hippie atmosphere with flowers in your hairs...
Dana Erasmowitz 9 years ago
To rebel against the conservative hypocritcial society and establishment. They broke every social rule and norm of the day in order to claim back the freedom of the first people
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Patricia Nemeth 9 years ago
I know this guy. His twin brother and my best friend were bf&gf back in the 60's.
Myranda Valles 9 years ago
That's so awesome! I've never seen anyone I know in a random picture. I bet memories just flooded back to you when you saw this :)
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Jan Kowalski 9 years ago
sorry, but norma people try acid. Normal, responsible people are using it from time to time. I don't see any odds in that.
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Marlene Jones 9 years ago
Didnt look like much fun to me. Muddy sweaty stinky people. Not my idea of a good time. And im 67 so i was 20 when this big music fest happened. Of course if you are higher than hell i guess you dont notice the nasty aspect of Woodstock
Elise Hensels 9 years ago
I would love to be sweaty, muddy and stinky for 3 days if I could see those bands preform one last time!
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Sussann Sawatzki 9 years ago
What happened to the waterfall? Did no-one tell these guys or are they not the the artfully frolick naked type?
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Yugan Talovich 9 years ago
In those days, wearing clothing made out of the flag was radical and even dangerous.
Ančí Sachetka 9 years ago
like Katy Perry in her american flag clothes :D
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Dan Davis 9 years ago
Look at all the trash on the ground...plus the trash most printed about the event
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Col. Johnson 9 years ago
Notice that the people that are not high, are just as filthy and care nothing for the planet as the high ones
Florin Hercal 9 years ago
Take a moment and notice those payphones. In the middle of nowhere. On a diary farm.
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Myranda Valles 9 years ago
I would be right there too :) Getting clean in Nature is one of the most wonderful feelings. You feel cleaner than after a shower in your Home. ♡♡♡
Cassie 9 years ago
Several naked people, mostly obscured by tree leaves. The only thing here is a couple of backsides.
Alexandra Lewis 9 years ago
I know,right?and how come an image of a woman's nipples and pubic hair,used in a non-sexual way,is 'mature content'but a dude in pretty much the same pose isn't?!I'm raging!
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Tim Douglass 9 years ago
This definitely has the look of "Where's my ride? I'm ready to go home!"
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Lynette Foxen 9 years ago
That's Not a cell phone in her pocket. Imagine how different these shots would be if it were.
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Jeanne Deaux 9 years ago
Wow, they even desacrated a cemetery? Ouch, my dreams of Woodstock were definitely crushed...
Florian24 9 years ago
I wouldn't mind people pitching a tent above my grave. They'll probably read my name on the stone and thank me. At least I'll still be somewhat useful when dead.
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Myranda Valles 9 years ago
I Love how during this era nudity wasn't as evil as other eras. No body shaming, just Loving yourself and others no matter what people looked like. You want to be naked, okay be naked.
Hugo Raible 9 years ago
Yes, at that time you wouldn't have had to click on this "mature content" thing to see an innocent picture.
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Sussann Sawatzki 9 years ago
And someone vomitting by the looks of it. Lovely for those standing down stream
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Lynette Foxen 9 years ago
There was no racism at Woodstock. People may coin this culture as Hippy Dippy but the rules were so much simpler. There were no rules outside of love and acceptance. Sure, some used this theory to manipulate others into Free Love but most just tried to feel the vibe.
Dan Davis 9 years ago
I cannot imagine placing a million people today in such an atmosphere without violence of some sort. Did not see a gun in any of these photos.
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Sarah Silverstone 9 years ago
Did the pictures get mixed up? This is of people slicing vegetables, but it had a mature content warning?
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Jeanne Deaux 9 years ago
And that my friends kills all the glam of thinking of Woddstock of an event with hippies wearing flowers in their hairs. That's disgusting...
Dan Davis 9 years ago
The area was cleaned by those that received a free ticket for after concert cleanup. I guess dumpsters would have been preferable...
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Maggie Grover Bacher 9 years ago
the original hippie movement was about everyone doing their share and giving freely. then it was ruined by freeloaders. this is what happens when everyone thinks it someone else's job instead of taking responsibility . . . .looks like today's society
Myranda Valles 9 years ago
Look at all the people... They're some of the ones who stayed behind to clean up the mess. I don't know what the place looked like when everyone was gone, but this is wonderful to see :)
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Lisa Hammond-Wessels 9 years ago
Looks like a Hare Krishna to me. http://www.utahkrishnas.org/krishnas-at-woodstock/
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Paula Lallo 9 years ago
Actually, remarkably only two. One was a heroin overdose and the other was when a tractor drove over a sleeping person. And there were over 400 000 people :) Some say there was one person who burst an appendix and died later.
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Aly Mobley-Camp 9 years ago
Yeah but if they didn't mark it mature, someone would complain. The idiots are the ones who ruin it for everybody. That's why we cannot have nice things. ;)
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You are so sharp with the anatomy. Are you a doctor?
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What do you think ?
Tee Salgado 9 years ago
Having been there; I didn't see these idyllic spots, with all the beautiful people. I saw a number of average looking people, stuck in a field of mud. Some folk wanting to keep their good spots near the stage, were sleeping in the muc. Why weren't those photos taken and shown. All the cars. They were so overwhelmed they couldn't take tickets. It got announced on the radio that the concert was now free and a half a million people showed up.
Grace Barclay 9 years ago
It was great looking at these photos from Woodstock. One moment in time when people took time out to be human, amongst the horror of the Vietnam War.
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Miklós Nagy 9 years ago
The only thing I learnt from this gallery that man's a*s from back count as "mature content".
Katinka Min 9 years ago
It's interesting how the point of view of the photographers (i.e. always snapping pics with the most beautiful and happy people) has shaped our perception of the event as a kind of Adam &Eve style paradise. (Instead of a wet field full of trash without loos, water, food and music that is so far away, you can't hear it) There must have been some normal or plain ugly people there, but you just don't get to see them.
Tee Salgado 9 years ago
Having been there; I didn't see these idyllic spots, with all the beautiful people. I saw a number of average looking people, stuck in a field of mud. Some folk wanting to keep their good spots near the stage, were sleeping in the muc. Why weren't those photos taken and shown. All the cars. They were so overwhelmed they couldn't take tickets. It got announced on the radio that the concert was now free and a half a million people showed up.
Grace Barclay 9 years ago
It was great looking at these photos from Woodstock. One moment in time when people took time out to be human, amongst the horror of the Vietnam War.
Load More Replies... Miklós Nagy 9 years ago
The only thing I learnt from this gallery that man's a*s from back count as "mature content".
Katinka Min 9 years ago
It's interesting how the point of view of the photographers (i.e. always snapping pics with the most beautiful and happy people) has shaped our perception of the event as a kind of Adam &Eve style paradise. (Instead of a wet field full of trash without loos, water, food and music that is so far away, you can't hear it) There must have been some normal or plain ugly people there, but you just don't get to see them.
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