I could be wrong, but that photo does not look legit to me. That looks like people much more current, posing or playing dress up as 60s hippies.


How would know that?

How would know that?


If I noticed it was a fake, anybody could. Besides, you could click on the photo and see where it was from before you posted.
Philip Eno traced it in one second.  That's what I mean by "due diligence".

If I noticed it was a fake, anybody could. B.

Yes I noticed pretty much right away it was a fake.  It also helps a little  to have been around back then to notice  the difference.

Yes I noticed pretty much right away it was a fake.  It also helps a little  to have been around back then to notice  the difference.


You are correct. But even if one wasn't around back then it still looks like a modern fashion layout with professional models. They did try to get the "tint" of the photo to look like an old polaroid or something, but it still looks current.

In the same above photo, the turned-round guitar is getting me. At the photo-shot was that the only guitar available, it had no strings or showed sign of being modern made?

In the same above photo, the turned-round guitar is getting me. At the photo-shot was that the only guitar available, it had no strings or showed sign of being modern made?


The shoe visible is also not the style of shoe that would have been worn in the late 60s though it indeed looks "retro". Nor was that southwestern "Arizona" type print of the woman on the right's skirt actually used for skirts back then though it now feels vaguely "60s". The entire thing is a modern person's conception of what the 60s may have looked like.

The shoe visible is also not the style of shoe that would have been worn in the late 60s though it indeed looks "retro". Nor was that southwestern "Arizona" type print of the woman on the right's skirt actually used for skirts back then though it now feels vaguely "60s". The entire thing is a modern person's conception of what the 60s may have looked like.
Groovy!

The shoe visible is also not the style of shoe that would have been worn in the late 60s ...


Indeed, I never saw a wedge shoe until at least '78 at the earliest (and I paid close attention to such things)

Indeed, I never saw a wedge shoe until at least '78 at the earliest (and I paid close attention to such things)


What we need to do is look at authentic hippy pictures from the late sixties, i.e. Woodstock?

What we need to do is look at authentic hippy pictures from the late sixties, i.e. Woodstock?


But if you're looking for clothes, people weren't wearing too many there.  ;D

But if you're looking for clothes, people weren't wearing too many there.  ;D
After all these years I still not have seen "Woodstock" the movie.

But if you're looking for clothes, people weren't wearing too many there.  ;D
Groovy!

Here's some people either going to or coming from Woodstock. Their attire is NOTHING like the contrived look of the fake picture. And, as usual for the time period, people looked very serious.

https://img.theculturetrip.com/1440x/smart/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/woodstock-kids.jpg

And a photo of people at the festival. Again, nothing contrived about their basic denims. I wonder what the book is the man on the right is holding? "Siddhartha" maybe? Although I don't think "Siddhartha" was that thick. Maybe "Stranger In A Strange Land", another popular one back then.

https://img.theculturetrip.com/1440x/smart/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/woodstock_redmond_hair.jpg

Here's some people either going to or coming from Woodstock. Their attire is NOTHING like the contrived look of the fake picture. And, as usual for the time period, people looked very serious.

And a photo of people at the festival. Again, nothing contrived about their basic denims. I wonder what the book is the man on the right is holding? "Siddhartha" maybe? Although I don't think "Siddhartha" was that thick. Maybe "Stranger In A Strange Land", another popular one back then.

How about that during the Summer of Love in 1967 in San Francisco?

How about that during the Summer of Love in 1967 in San Francisco?


Here's a couple of photos taken at the corner of Haight and masonic in SF in 1967.

https://www.foundsf.org/images/7/7a/Cushman-1967-Haight-and-Masonic-hippies-P15560.jpg

https://www.foundsf.org/images/f/fe/Cushman-1967-Haight-and-Masonic-people-crossing-P15566.jpg

A woman "hawking" the underground Oracle on Haight Street, 1967:

https://www.foundsf.org/images/0/04/Hawking-Oracle-on-Haight-Street-007bw.jpg

Ever-fashionable London, 1968:

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/E0131X/london-1968-E0131X.jpg

^ no wedges in sight!

I have always associated hippies with bare feet, Paul McCartney was barefoot on the cover of Abbey Road.

^ no wedges in sight!

I have always associated hippies with bare feet, Paul McCartney was barefoot on the cover of Abbey Road.


Carole King is barefoot on the cover of "Tapestry" (1971) also. A hippie-ish "Earth Mother' type photo if there ever was one!

https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.thecrimson.com/photos/2021/02/18/222316_1348461.jpg

But if you're looking for clothes, people weren't wearing too many there.  ;D


Weren't most of them jumping into pools butt naked?

How about that during the Summer of Love in 1967 in San Francisco?


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Actually, that was in January 1967, so not quite summer.  Although, if you've ever been to San Francisco, you know you can hardly tell the difference with temperatures in the 50s year-round.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlCilKlqrvI


Cat

Quicksilver Messenger Service, August 1969:

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Jimi Hendrix, August 1970:

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Big Sur Folk Festival 1969

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62mAYkHrM2Y

People who remember the '60s weren't there.  ;) :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat

People who remember the '60s weren't there.  ;) :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat
Turn on, Tune in, Drop out.

People who remember the '60s weren't there.  ;) :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat

My Parents weren't there, they got married on August 3rd, 1969.