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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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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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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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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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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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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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Sound Storm Festival Crowd

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Elevated view of Sound Storm music festival audience as seen from the stage. Trucks, camper vans, and tents crowd the hill in the background.
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Sound Storm Festival Crowd

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Elevated view of Sound Storm music festival audience as seen from the stage. Trucks, camper vans, and tents crowd the hill in the background.
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Sound Storm Festival Crowd

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: View from stage of the Sound Storm music festival audience. Behind the audience is sound system scaffolding, trucks, camper vans crowding the hill in the f...
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Crow Guitarist and Drummer Practice in Back of Truck

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Guitarist Dick Wiegand and drummer Denny Craswell of Minneapolis rock band Crow, along with an unidentified woman, practice in the back of a moving truck b...
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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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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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Nude Man Dancing on U-Haul Truck

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A nude man with long hair dances on top of a U-Haul moving truck. Two people in the foreground are near a Sunn brand amplifier on the bottom right.
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Audience at Foot of Stage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A crowd of people in a circle are dancing at the foot of the stage at the Sound Storm music festival. Other audience members are standing around them watc...
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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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Irene York Leaning on Car

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Irene "Granny" York, the owner of York Farm, the location of the Sound Storm music festival, leans on an automobile near two unidentified men, possibly fes...
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Grateful Dead on Stage

Date: 04 26 1970
Description: Elevated view of the Grateful Dead mid-performance as viewed from scaffolding above the stage, in front of rows of speakers and amplifiers. Audience member...
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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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