Photograph
Helicopter Distributing Paper
| A helicopter drops papers onto the audience at the Sound Storm music festival. It was widely rumored that Ken Kesey was at the festival and that he dropped tabs of acid on the audience, but in reality the helicopter dropped fliers made by festival staff identifying narcotics officers or undercover police who had infiltrated the event. |
| Image ID: | 66491 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 04 23 1970 |
| Creator Name: | Pulling, Robert |
| City: | Poynette |
| County: | Columbia |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Peter Obranovich collection of transparencies, circa 1970 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | transparency, color |
| Original Format Number: | M2009-028, Construction |
| Original Dimensions: | 35mm Color |
| Sound Storm was a rock concert that took place at York Farm in Poynette, WI on April 24-26, 1970, featuring The Grateful Dead, Crow, Illinois Speed Press, Rotary Connection, Baby Huey & the Babysitters, and many other acts. |
| Propaganda |
| Outdoor photography |
| Helicopters |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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