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Disastrous Woodstock Festival concludes...
Disastrous Woodstock Festival concludes...
Item # 697491
August 18, 1969
THE TIMES HERALD RECORD, Middletown, New York, August 18, 1969
* Woodstock music festival
* Bethel NY New York
* Prime of the hippie generation
* Sex, Drugs and rock & roll
The banner headline reports: "2 Dead As 450,000 Begin Fest Exodus" with a photo of a man being carried away who accidentally set himself on fire.
The front page report begins: "Torrential rain at mid-afternoon Sunday triggered an early exodus of thousands from the music-and-drug haven known as the Aquarian Exposition...".
Reports and photos continue on pages 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, and include Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, and Jefferson Airplane.
Of interest is this newspaper was published just 51 miles from the site of the festival.
Newspaper accounts of Woodstock are rarely found as it was not an "historic" event at the time which would have compelled people to save them.
Note: most pages are lacking. Present are pages 1 thru 6 and 67 thru 72.
Tabloid-size, nice condition.
Category: The 20th Century
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