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Baby Huey with Two Band Members

Date: 04 24 1970
Description: Chicago R&B singer Baby Huey leaning against a car with his trumpeter, (likely Rick Marcotte) and conga player, (possibly Plato Jones) who is wearing an Am...
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Baby Huey & the Babysitters

Date: 04 24 1970
Description: View from above and behind the stage of Chicago R&B act Baby Huey & the Babysitters mid-performance, while the large festival audience stands around the st...
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Man Seated on Motorcycle

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A biker wearing a long dark coat, a headband, and sunglasses sits on a motorcycle with an unusual metal backrest. A man and a woman are standing next to hi...
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Two Bikers with Motorcycles

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Two bikers with parked motorcycles. The biker on the left is wearing a large ring through his nose, a headband in his hair, a large swastika necklace, and ...
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Festival Grounds Camping Area

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: The Sound Storm music festival site as seen from the camping area. Attendees mill around many tents, campers and automobiles. In the far background a large...
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Small Group on top of Box Truck

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A small group of audience members crowd on top of the roof of a truck in this picture belonged to Captain Bill's Whiz Bang and the individual facing left i...
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Men around Campfire

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A group of young men crowd around a campfire in the Sound Stage campground. In the background is a truck and a station wagon near men who appear to be sett...
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Woman Making Peace Signs

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A smiling woman in a long pattered dress stands in the road as crowded cars slowly roll past, making a peace sign with her hands for a captive audience.
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Woman Standing in Road near Campers

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A smiling woman in a long pattered dress stands in the road next to a crowded camper, making a peace sign with her hands for a captive audience.
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Unpacking Apples

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: A group of people eat and help unload crates of apples from a U-Haul trailer in the campground area of the Sound Storm music festival during the constructi...
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Six Youths on a U-Haul Trailer

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: Six young people crowd on top of the rear roof of a U-Haul trailer in the camping area of the Sound Storm music festival. There are other audience members ...
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Wide View of Camping Area

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: A wide view of the camping area at the site of the Sound Storm music festival. People are walking among tents and vehicles spread out on a hill. There is a...
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Setting Up Camp

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: Three people set up a tent and campfire in the camping area of the Sound Storm music festival while the stage and other amenities are still under construct...
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Rows of Portable Toilets

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: Two rows of portable toilets with automobiles and campers in the background during the construction of the festival stage.
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Group Standing Around Campers

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: A group of audience members crowd around a camper, and two automobiles. Two men are leaning on a trailer carrying large tanks, perhaps generators.
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Sound Storm Camping Area

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: Camping site with Volkswagen vans and tents. People are milling around the camping area of the Sound Storm music festival. "Speed Kills" is painted on the ...
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Workers Constructing Plywood Stalls

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: A group of three young workers amid construction of plywood stalls. There is a station wagon in the background. A few tents are set up on the hill in the b...
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Camping Area Pre-Festival

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: The camping site for the Sound Storm music festival a day or two before campers begin arriving. There is a lone car and tent visible.
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The Bowery Boys Onstage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Elevated view of The Bowery Boys performing onstage at the Sound Storm music festival. Band members are Ken Heim on organ, Richard Wiegel on guitar, Jeff A...
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Festival Crowd Under Tents

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Members of the Sound Storm music festival audience crowd under improvised tents partially supported by the handlebars of a motorcycle and tree limbs. There...

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