35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s - americanhistoryx.cafex.biz_127

Following World War II, San Francisco became a magnet for America's counterculture. During the 1950s, City Lights Bookstore in the North Beach neighborhood was an important publisher of Beat Generation literature. Some of the story of the evolving arts scene of the 1950s is told in the article San Francisco Renaissance. During the latter half of the following decade, the 1960s, San Francisco was the center of hippie and other alternative culture.

In 1967, thousands of young people entered the Haight-Ashbury district during what became known as the Summer of Love. The San Francisco Sound emerged as an influential force in rock music, with such acts as Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead achieving international prominence. These groups blurred the boundaries between folk, rock and jazz traditions and further developed rock's lyrical content.

These fascinating photos were from Thomas Hawk that captured street scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s.

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

35 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco in the 1960s

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