Counterculture

Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, the Acid Tests, the Grateful Dead, the Human Be-In and the Summer of Love, the decade psychedelics went public.

Part of Psychedelics

97 moments in this segment.

1. 1964-06-14 - Magic Trip - Ken Kesey & the Merry Pranksters (full documentary). ) (1964).
2. 1964-06-14 - Magic Trip - Ken Kesey's Merry Band of Pranksters (trailer). ), The restored footage of the Merry Pranksters' 1964 cross-country bus trip.
3. 1965-01-01 - The Earliest Known 'Bill Graham Presents' Event Posters - 1965. (1965).
4. 1965 - Door to the Guru Room, Kingman Hall, Berkeley. The doorway of the Guru Room in Kingman Hall, part of the Berkeley Student Cooperative. Ken Kesey lived in this room during the period when the hall operated as the Living Love Center. Photographed by John Storey.
5. 1965 - Kesey Square in Eugene, Oregon, in black and white. A monochrome view of Kesey Square, at the southeast corner of Broadway and Willamette in Eugene, Oregon. The public plaza carries the writer's name in the city where he spent much of his life. Photograph by Rick Obst.
6. 1965 - Buchla synthesizer built for the Merry Pranksters. A Buchla modular system specially designed for Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, held by the Cantos Music Foundation in Calgary. The visible panels include a 190 dual reverb, a 170 dual microphone preamp and a 106 six-channel mixer, with an inset close-up of Kesey's signature.
7. 1965 - Ken Kesey Square at Willamette and Broadway in colour. A colour view of the same downtown Eugene plaza named for Kesey, at the corner of Willamette and Broadway. Photographed by Rick Obst several years after his black-and-white study of the site.
8. 1966-01-01 - Wes Wilson's 1966 San Francisco Psychedelic Posters. (1966).
9. 1966-01-01 - Grateful Dead - Viola Lee Blues (Live in San Francisco 1966). ) (1966).
10. 1966-01-01 - The LSD Labs That Changed Music - Owsley Stanley & the Grateful Dead
11. 1966-01-01 - Timothy Leary Speaks on Narcotics (AP Archive). ) (1966).
12. 1966-01-01 - How Owsley 'Bear' Stanley's LSD Shaped the Grateful Dead's Sound. 's purest LSD, and engineered the Grateful Dead's sound.
13. 1966-01-01 - Grateful Dead - Cream Puff War (Live at the Fillmore, SF 1966). ) (1966).
14. 1966-01-01 - Dr. Timothy Leary - LSD Interview, Merv Griffin Show 1966 (archival). Dr. Timothy Leary, LSD Interview, Merv Griffin Show 1966 (1966).
15. 1966-01-01 - Grateful Dead - It's All Over Now Baby Blue (Live in SF 1966). ) (1966).
16. 1966-01-01 - S.F. Mime Troupe Concert Poster 1966 - Bill Graham & the Grateful Dead. (1966).
17. 1966-01-01 - Timothy Leary vs. David Susskind - LSD Debate 1966 (archival). Timothy Leary vs. David Susskind, LSD Debate 1966 (1966).
18. 1966-01-01 - The San Francisco Diggers - Free Food in Golden Gate Park, c.1966. (1966).
19. 1966-01-01 - Timothy Leary - Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (1966). ).
20. 1966-01-08 - The Grateful Dead at an Acid Test - San Francisco 1966 (archival). The Grateful Dead at an Acid Test, San Francisco 1966 (1966).
21. 1966-01-08 - Ken Kesey: 'The Acid Test' - 1966 (archival). Ken Kesey: 'The Acid Test', 1966 (1966).
22. 1966-01-08 - Neal Cassady Explains the Acid Test - 1966 (archival). Neal Cassady Explains the Acid Test, 1966 (1966).
23. 1966-01-08 - Acid Test - Pigpen, Ken Babbs & Neal Cassady 1966 (archival). Acid Test, Pigpen, Ken Babbs & Neal Cassady 1966 (1966).
24. 1966-01-21 - The Trips Festival 1966 - Birth of the Counterculture (documentary). The Trips Festival 1966, Birth of the Counterculture (1966).
25. 1966-05-19 - Grateful Dead - Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, May 19 1966. (1966).
26. 1966-10-31 - Ken Kesey at the Acid Test Graduation - 1966 (archival). Ken Kesey at the Acid Test Graduation, 1966, Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters.
27. 1966-10-31 - Acid Test Graduation - Film & Photos 1966 (archival). Acid Test Graduation, Film & Photos 1966 (1966).
28. 1966-10-31 - Acid Test Graduation - San Francisco 1966 (archival). Acid Test Graduation, San Francisco 1966, The last of Kesey's Acid Tests, October 1966, days before California's LSD ban took effect.
29. 1966-10-31 - Ken Kesey - Acid Test Graduation Interview 1966 (archival). Ken Kesey, Acid Test Graduation Interview 1966 (1966).
30. 1966-10-31 - Acid Test Graduation Ceremony - San Francisco 1966 (actual footage). ) (1966).
31. 1967-01-01 - Grateful Dead - Dancing in the Street (Live in San Francisco 1967). ) (1967).
32. 1967-01-01 - Swinging Britain in the 60s: A Psychedelic Dream - 1967 (British Pathé). ) (1967).
33. 1967-01-01 - Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: The World of LSD - 1967. (1967).
34. 1967-01-14 - Human Be-In - Polo Field, Golden Gate Park, Jan 14 1967 (archival). Human Be-In, Polo Field, Golden Gate Park, Jan 14 1967 (1967).
35. 1967-01-14 - Human Be-In - Full Program, Golden Gate Park, Jan 14 1967 (archival). Human Be-In, Full Program, Golden Gate Park, Jan 14 1967 (1967).
36. 1967-01-14 - The Human Be-In - Short Film 1967 (archival). The Human Be-In, Short Film 1967 (1967).
37. 1967-01-14 - 1967 Human Be-In - Rare San Francisco Film (archival). 1967 Human Be-In, Rare San Francisco Film (1967).
38. 1967-01-14 - The Human Be-In, San Francisco - 14 January 1967 (HistoryPod). ) (1967).
39. 1967-01-14 - Human Be-In - Golden Gate Park, January 14 1967 (archival). Human Be-In, Golden Gate Park, January 14 1967 (1967).
40. 1967-01-14 - Grateful Dead - Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Jan 14 1967. (1967).
41. 1967-01-14 - Human Be-In 1967 - Golden Gate Park, San Francisco (archival). Human Be-In 1967, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, The "Gathering of the Tribes" in Golden Gate Park, January 1967, where Leary first said "turn on, tune in, drop out".
42. 1967-01-18 - Timothy Leary Speaking at UCLA - January 18 1967 (archival). Timothy Leary Speaking at UCLA, January 18 1967 (1967).
43. 1967-03-26 - 1967 Seattle Hippie Be-In (newsreel archival). ) (1967).
44. 1967-04-30 - 1967 Hippies at Detroit Love-In Rally (newsreel archival). ) (1967).
45. 1967-06-01 - Summer of Love - American Experience (PBS promo). ) (1967).
46. 1967-06-01 - Summer of Love - American Experience, Chapter 1 (PBS). ) (1967).
47. 1967-06-01 - Home Movies of 1967 Hippies in San Francisco (archival). Home Movies of 1967 Hippies in San Francisco (1967).
48. 1967-06-01 - 1967: Who Are the Hippies? - Panorama (BBC Archive). ) (1967).
49. 1967-06-01 - Summer of Love: The Psychedelic Revolution of 1967 (documentary). Summer of Love: The Psychedelic Revolution of 1967 (1967).
50. 1967-06-01 - The Summer of Love (British Pathé). ) (1967).
51. 1967-06-01 - Hippies Gather on Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco 1967 (archival). Hippies Gather on Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco 1967 (1967).
52. 1967-06-01 - San Francisco's 1967 Summer of Love - CBC Documentary. (1967).
53. 1967-06-01 - 1967 Stoned Hippies Tell All to a Film Crew (archival). 1967 Stoned Hippies Tell All to a Film Crew (1967).
54. 1967-06-01 - Haight-Ashbury Hippies Parade - 1967 (Footage Farm archival). ) (1967).
55. 1967-06-01 - Summer of Love 1967 - KTVU Fox 2 (archival). Summer of Love 1967, KTVU Fox 2 (1967).
56. 1967-06-01 - Looking Back at the Summer of Love - KPIX/CBS Bay Area (archival). Looking Back at the Summer of Love, KPIX/CBS Bay Area (1967).
57. 1967-06-01 - 1967 Summer of Love Footage - Hippies of San Francisco (ITN archival). ) (1967).
58. 1967-06-01 - San Francisco During the Summer of Love - 1967 (archival). San Francisco During the Summer of Love, 1967 (1967).
59. 1967-06-01 - Jefferson Airplane playing the KFRC Fantasy Fair. Members of Jefferson Airplane on stage at the KFRC Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival in Marin County, California, with Paul Kantner at right. The festival was held on 10 and 11 June 1967, days before the Monterey Pop Festival. Photograph by Bryan Costales.
60. 1967-06-01 - The year 1967 set in the psychedelic Mojo typeface. A graphic rendering of the numerals 1967 in red, using the typeface Mojo on a transparent background. Mojo belongs to the family of swollen, hand-drawn display faces associated with San Francisco poster art of the period.
61. 1967-06-01 - Newspaper clipping showing hippies crowding the Haight. A press photograph of hippies in the Haight-Ashbury district as printed in The Greenville News on 30 April 1967, weeks before the Summer of Love. The black-and-white image was distributed by the Associated Press and shows a crowd on the street. It is catalogued among 1960s photographs of hippies and of San Francisco.
62. 1967-06-01 - Death of Hippie flyer for the Buena Vista Park funeral. A flyer issued by the Diggers and the Switchboard announcing a mock funeral for the hippie, staged in the Haight in October 1967. The event was intended to mark the end of the media-driven scene that the summer had produced.
63. 1967-06-01 - The Complete Summer of Love Story - Both Sides (documentary). The Complete Summer of Love Story, Both Sides (1967).
64. 1967-06-01 - The Haight-Ashbury - 1967 TV News Reports (archival). The Haight-Ashbury, 1967 TV News Reports (1967).
65. 1967-06-01 - Remembering San Francisco's Summer of Love. 1967, when a hundred thousand young people converged on San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury.
66. 1967-06-01 - 1967 - The Summer of Love (documentary). 1967, The Summer of Love, The summer of 1967, when a hundred thousand young people converged on San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury.
67. 1967 - The Haight and Ashbury street-sign intersection today. The road intersection in San Francisco that gave the surrounding district its name, photographed in June 2015. The uploader notes that up to 100,000 young people from across the United States and beyond converged on the area during the 1967 Summer of Love, and that the neighbourhood still draws visitors on that reputation. Photographed by Mike McBey.
68. 1967 - Street sign at the corner of Haight and Ashbury. The street sign marking the junction of Haight and Ashbury in San Francisco, the intersection that gave the district its name. Photographed decades after the events of 1967, the corner remains the neighbourhood's most recognisable landmark.
69. 1967-06-16 - Monterey Pop Festival 1967 (archival, 4K remaster). ) (1967).
70. 1967-06-16 - Monterey Pop - Official Trailer (Pennebaker archival). ) (1967).
71. 1967-06-17 - Janis Joplin - Ball & Chain, Monterey Pop 1967 (Criterion). ) (1967).
72. 1967-06-18 - Grateful Dead - Viola Lee Blues, Monterey Pop Festival 1967. (1967).
73. 1967-06-18 - Ravi Shankar at Monterey Pop - June 1967 (archival). Ravi Shankar at Monterey Pop, June 1967 (1967).
74. 1967-08-22 - The Hippie Temptation - CBS News Story 1967 (archival). The Hippie Temptation, CBS News Story 1967 (1967).
75. 1967-11-14 - Report on Hippie Culture in Haight-Ashbury - Nov 1967 (AP Archive). ) (1967).
76. 1968-01-01 - Late 1960s Haight-Ashbury Hippie Community, San Francisco (Kinolibrary). ) (1968).
77. 1968-01-01 - Psychedelic Liquid Light Show - Joshua's Lights at the Fillmore 1968. (1968).
78. 1968-01-01 - Moby Grape at the Fillmore East with the Joshua Light Show - 1968. (1968).
79. 1968-01-01 - Love-In - 1968 (British Pathé). No title. Love-in Austrian Style, Vienna, Austria. C/U woman's head covered with paper flowers at a "Love-In" dance / disco. C/U hippy man wearing square specs and daisies on his head. C/U man wearing fake moustache and cowboy hat. C/U two men one with feathers in his head. C/U of big flower on girl's chest pan up to two girls smiling. C/U girls' legs, pan to heads covered with streamers. Various shots hippies bobbing on the dance floor. C/U man dancing, he has "LSD" written on his sailor hat. C/U girl's back,…
80. 1968-03-03 - Grateful Dead - Free Concert on Haight Street, SF, March 3 1968. (1968).
81. 1969-01-01 - Eros Hippies - 1969 (British Pathé). ) (1969).
82. 1969-01-01 - Joshua Light Show Staff in the Fillmore East Studio - 1969 (archival). Joshua Light Show Staff in the Fillmore East Studio, 1969 (1969).
83. 1969-01-01 - Psychedelic Liquid Light Show - Joshua's Lights at the Fillmore 1969. (1969).
84. 1969-06-01 - Balloon above the campground and the wooden perimeter fence. A distant view across the camping area showing two light and sound towers and a balloon aloft. The photographer notes the mixed-length wooden fence ringing the staging area, which stayed standing all weekend even as the chain link fencing was ignored, and remarks on how little tie-dye was actually worn in the crowd.
85. 1969-06-01 - The crowd on its feet applauding Santana's set. Taken during the Saturday programme after Quill and Country Joe, capturing the standing ovation that followed a song by the then largely unknown Santana. The reception became one of the festival's most-repeated stories and helped launch the band.
86. 1969-06-01 - Blanket rigged as a tent while the crowd waits for Joe Cocker. Photographed on the Sunday, before Joe Cocker took the stage, with a blanket strung up for shade among the seated audience and the stage light towers behind. The photographer notes how fair the weather was when the day began.
87. 1969-06-01 - Evening falling over the Food for Love concession tents. Shot on the Saturday of the festival, with the triangular tent tops of the Food for Love concession visible at the rear of the frame. The vendor had been contracted by Woodstock Ventures to feed the crowd, but demand overwhelmed the stands and supplies ran out early.
88. 1969 - The Grateful Dead (1969). ). The subject dates from 1969; this photograph was taken in 2019.
89. 1969 - The Grateful Dead (1969). ). The subject dates from 1969; this photograph was taken in 2016.
90. 1969 - Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, photographed for Wiki Loves Monuments in September 2016. Opened as a playhouse in 1926 to a design by architect Thomas W. Lamb, it became a performance space in the 1960s hosting the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin and Pink Floyd, and reopened as a rock venue in 2012.
91. 1969 - Second view of the Capitol Theatre facade. A companion frame of the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, taken about a minute after the first during the same Wiki Loves Monuments survey. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and served as a catering hall through the late 1990s before returning to use as a concert venue.
92. 1969-08-15 - The Woodstock Music & Art Fair 1969 - Footage Without Music (archival). The Woodstock Music & Art Fair 1969, Footage Without Music (1969).
93. 1969-08-15 - Woodstock 1969 - 8mm Home Movies (archival). Woodstock 1969, 8mm Home Movies (1969).
94. 1969-08-15 - Richie Havens - Freedom, Woodstock 1969 (archival). Richie Havens, Freedom, Woodstock 1969 (1969).
95. 1969-08-16 - Santana - Soul Sacrifice, Woodstock 1969 (archival). Santana, Soul Sacrifice, Woodstock 1969 (1969).
96. 2012-06-15 - The San Francisco Diggers (full documentary). ) (1967).
97. 2018-06-15 - How the Grateful Dead Changed Live Music Forever (music history). ) (1966).