The Haight-Ashbury

United States
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Haight-Ashbury district intersection in San Francisco, USA

The Haight-Ashbury is a district in San Francisco, centred in Haight Street and also including Ashbury Street

Carnaby Street

United Kingdom
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Carnaby Street

Hotel Chelsea

United States
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Hotel Chelsea's façade (2012)

Hotel Chelsea

Allen Ginsberg

United States
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Allen Ginsberg crowned

Allen Ginsberg

David Litvinoff

United Kingdom
David Litvinoff

David Litvinoff

Malcolm X

United States
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Portrait of Malcolm X (1964)

Malcolm X

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Peter Fonda

United States
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Peter Fonda pictured in 1962 for his film debut in
Actor

Peter Fonda

Cilla Black

United Kingdom
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Cilla Black performing in Finland (1970)
Singer & Television Presenter

Cilla Black

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At the heart of the sixties

Nicky Samuel met many key figures from the Sixties. Her memoirs capture the essence of the decade and a panorama of the sexual revolution and counterculture.

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"Nicky Samuel: My Life and Loves" book cover by Troubador Publishing Ltd. (2023)

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The Haight-Ashbury

United States
Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Haight-Ashbury district intersection in San Francisco, USA
Fashionable San Francisco District

The Haight-Ashbury

The Factory

United States
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Low angle photograph of the Decker Building, 33 Union Square West, New York City, USA (2008)
Andy Warhol's Creative Studios

The Factory

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