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!

(h/t: sobadsogood)

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Becca Zee
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10 years ago

I think she's going pee.. I know that face lol

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    Zualteii Poonte
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    10 years ago

    Love this one. Cool dude, cool threads

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    Aditya Bhosale
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    10 years ago

    Higher education.

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    #4

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    Miriam Hirsch
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    10 years ago

    Ah, love in the woods.

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    Mónika Pozsár
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    10 years ago

    Wow! :)

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    Jeanne Deaux
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    10 years ago

    Damn, those hairs... *_*

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    varwenea
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    10 years ago

    This little piggy went to the market...

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    Jeanne Deaux
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Oh, one of them forgot to eat. Feed this poor man!!

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    Jeanne Deaux
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    10 years ago

    I wonder who took care of all the trashes they left behind... Something tells me they didn't do it themselves.

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    Dana Erasmowitz
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    10 years ago

    Wonder if this beautiful young man in the pic is still around? The spring of youth!

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    Ged
    BoredPanda Staff
    10 years ago

    Erlich Bachman from the HBO's Silicon Valley! hbo-sv-erl...24-png.jpg hbo-sv-erlich-1-57bc81ece0924-png.jpg

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    Dana Erasmowitz
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    I'd chose a groovy way just so that I might cross paths with Jimmy Hendrix and the likes

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    Sarah Stevenson
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    10 years ago

    love her short hair :D so pretty

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    Karen Watkins
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    10 years ago

    Wow!

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    Dana Erasmowitz
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    10 years ago

    One thing I like about the 60-70s hippy era- the beautiful women were natural!

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    Leonie Brok
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    10 years ago

    He looks like he has so much fun :-)

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    Kate
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    9 years ago

    Looks like they're having fun!

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    Mags Acutt
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Some of us used more soap. Our Bubbles were DD cup

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    craig williams
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    10 years ago

    No one has any phones in their hands lol

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    Aditya Bhosale
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    10 years ago

    Chairman.

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    Robin Martin
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    10 years ago

    Jennifer Lawrence and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) lol

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    Carol Stapleton
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    10 years ago

    Chilly

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    Danielle Ophir
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    10 years ago

    She wears an Egyptian ring That sparkles before she speaks

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    Nagy Dóra
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    Why am I so f*cinkg young???

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    Jeanne Deaux
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    One of my students have a similar motorbike. It's so noisy we always know when he arrives.

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    Nikki McG
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Is that Janis?

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    Myranda Valles
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    He's got the best spot :)

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    Trina Risos
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    10 years ago

    All that trash in the background.

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    Luis Milian
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    protection is a must

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    Hans
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Mature content but the next is not? Bit inconsistent, and a bit strange as well.

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    Desi McSheep
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    10 years ago

    This shirt looks like it's part of a Bulgarian traditional dress! Lovely!

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    Mags Acutt
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    10 years ago

    Tame trousers. Mine were pink, purple, orange and yellow striped. Wide bell bottoms. Still got them

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    Vervelende Panda
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Livestock on Woodstock

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    Tanya Robinson
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    It's the girl from #23.

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    Karen Watkins
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    10 years ago

    I love this shot!

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    Jeanne Deaux
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    10 years ago

    Oooh, one of those amazing cameras!!! Wonder if it survived Woodstock and if he still have it (if he is still alive).

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    MerriMommy
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    10 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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    Linds
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    10 years ago

    Hide and seek fail

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    Patricia Nemeth
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    10 years ago

    I know this guy. His twin brother and my best friend were bf&gf back in the 60's.

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    Myranda Valles
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    10 years ago

    You can almost feel the energy she does!

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    Florin Hercal
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    sharing

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    Trina Risos
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Makes you wonder where all these people are now.

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    Marlene Jones
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    10 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

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    Yugan Talovich
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    10 years ago

    In those days, wearing clothing made out of the flag was radical and even dangerous.

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    C m W
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Media. Newspapers, magazines, tv. All the field reporters had to call in.

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    Myranda Valles
    Community Member
    10 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. ♡♡♡

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    Heather Cox
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    10 years ago

    Woodstock is more like survival camp looks like

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    David Soares
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    10 years ago

    " what ,have you not seen the guy in the table cloth?"

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    Dan Davis
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Drying out weed

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    Myranda Valles
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    10 years ago

    She is so baeutiful!!

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    Tim Douglass
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    10 years ago

    This definitely has the look of "Where's my ride? I'm ready to go home!"

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    Lynette Foxen
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    10 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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    Oliver Gloxin
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    He looks like Aaron Johnson (Kick-A*s)

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    Nenad Živković
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Peace brothers, peace...

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    Nenad Živković
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Beeeeeeeeeeer for freeeeeeee! :)

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    Dan Davis
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    The last of the hippie refugee camps

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    Myranda Valles
    Community Member
    10 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.

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    Cassie
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    10 years ago

    Some backsides.

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    Dan Davis
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    10 years ago

    When the music's over, turn out the lights

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    Lynette Foxen
    Community Member
    10 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.

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    Sarah Silverstone
    Community Member
    10 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
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    10 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...

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    Michael Weiss
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    6 years ago

    Hari Krishna consciousness movement

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    Nenad Živković
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Ugh, do You have any toilet paper?

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    Babette805
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    10 years ago

    Did anybody die at Woodstock?

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    Dan Davis
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    10 years ago

    So much for building a wall

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    Nenad Živković
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    10 years ago

    Attention, Police here, everyone prepare ID cards immediately!

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    Dan Davis
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    10 years ago

    Come on baby light my fire

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    Elisabeth Duijser
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    10 years ago

    Lol so usa to ban this for 18+

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