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Stage Scaffolding

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: Two people sit on construction scaffolding on a stage. The scaffolding is littered with electronic equipment to be used with the Sound Storm music festival...
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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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Setting Up the Generator

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: James Bowen, a York landowner in the foreground, and two other men set up a large Caterpillar generator to operate the sound system for Sound Storm. The ge...
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Aerial View of Festival Grounds

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: Aerial view of the farm grounds that would be the site of the Sound Storm music festival.
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Festival Faucets

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: A group using water faucets connected to a milk tanker associated with "Dobson Milk Transit" while the festival stage and other amenities are still under c...
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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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Tents in Festival Camping Area

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: A view of tents up a hill at the site of the Sound Storm Music Festival a couple of days before the event began.
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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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Setting Up Stage Scaffolding

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: Workers amid construction of the stage and the scaffolding that will hold speakers.
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Stage from Scaffolding

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: Overhead view of the Sound Storm music festival stage under construction as viewed from scaffolding.
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Small Area of Farmland

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: A small area of farmland cleared to be the location of the stage on the York farm property which would shortly be the site of the Sound Storm music festiva...
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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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Crew Constructing Stalls

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: A crew works with plywood during construction of the food stalls at the Sound Storm music festival.
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Stage Mid-Construction

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: A small group of workers mill around the foot of the festival stage mid-construction.
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Workers Building Stalls

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: Four workers amid construction of food stalls out of plywood a day or two before the beginning of the Sound Storm music festival.
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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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Constructing Stalls

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: People on a construction crew work with plywood and cinder blocks to make stalls at the Sound Storm music festival.

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