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Camping Area Pre-Festival
April 23, 1970
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.
Festival Faucets
April 23, 1970
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 construction.
Peter Obranovich Sitting on Horseback
April 25, 1970
Peter Obranovich (better known at the time as "Pete Bobo"), promoter for the festival, on horseback talking to festival staff at the Sound Storm music festival.
Sound Storm Festival Crowd
April 25, 1970
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 far background.
Sound Storm Festival Crowd
April 25, 1970
Elevated view of Sound Storm music festival audience as seen from the stage. Trucks, camper vans, and tents crowd the hill in the background.
Irene York Leaning on Car
April 25, 1970
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 festival staff. There is a camper trailer in ...
