Woodstock: 3 days of peace and music that defined an era turns 50
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A painted bus displayed inside the museum at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, N.Y., site of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival.
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A message on a Volkswagen Bug displayed inside the museum at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, N.Y., site of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival.
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Mexican-born guitarist Carlos Santana (right) and bassist David Brown perform with the group Santana at the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, N.Y., in August 1969.
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Fans sit a top a painted bus during the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, N.Y., in August 1969.
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A man walks through cars stopped in traffic trying to get to the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, N.Y., in August 1969.
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Fans climb scaffolding during the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, N.Y., in August 1969.
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Aerial shot of the crowd at the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, N.Y., in August 1969.
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Hundreds of music fans jam the highway leading from Bethel, N.Y., on Aug. 16, 1969, as they try to leave the Woodstock Music Festival. A reported 200,000 people spent a rainy night at the festival. (AP Photo)
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Music fans sit on a tree sculpture as one leaps onto a pile of hay during the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, N.Y., on Aug. 15, 1969. (AP Photo)
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A mud-caked music lover lies atop his motorcycle at the Woodstock Music Festival, on Aug. 14, 1969. (AP Photo)
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About 400,000 people attend the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, N.Y., on August 16, 1969. (AP Photo)
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Aerial photo of the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, N.Y., in August 1969. The festival, billed as “Thee Days of Peace and Music,” started on Friday, Aug. 15 and ended early Monday morning, Aug. 18. More than 450,000 people attended.
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Music fans hike from the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, N.Y., on Aug. 17, 1969. Some 300,000 fans began to leave as the festival ended in the rain.
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Woodstock Music Festival participants leave Bethel, N.Y., on Aug. 17, 1969. (AP Photo)
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Concert-goers sit on the roof of a Volkswagen bus at the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair in Bethel, N.Y., in August 1969. The three-day concert attracted as many as 500,000 people, and became a landmark cultural event of the late ’60s.
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Rock music fans relax during a break in the entertainment at the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair in Bethel, N.Y., on Aug. 16, 1969. (AP Photo)
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People abandon their trucks, cars and buses as some 200,000 concertgoers try to reach the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, N.Y., on Friday, Aug. 15, 1969. Cars were backed up for 10 miles. The festival closed the New York State Thruway, creating the nation’s worst traffic jam.
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Grass and leaf huts are used as makeshift living quarters for some concertgoers at the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, N.Y., on Aug. 16, 1969. The festival, billed as “Three Days of Peace and Music,” took place Aug. 15-18.
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Woodstock Festival Music in Bethel, N.Y., in August 1969.
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About 400,000 people attend the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, N.Y., on August 16, 1969. (AP Photo)
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Workers carry medical supplies that arrived by helicopter on the grounds of the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, N.Y., on Aug. 17, 1969. Helicopters were pressed into service when the massive crowd attending the festival blocked all roads.
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Young people leave a debris-strewn scene where hundreds of thousands congregated for the Woodstock Music Festival held in Bethel, N.Y., Aug. 15-18, 1969. In background is stage where musicians performed.
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A historical marker in Bethel, N.Y., at the site of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival. The field that held nearly 500,000 people over three days is seen in the background.
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Peter "Uncle Pete" Clineman, 72, of Narrowsburg, N.Y., talks about Woodstock at the site of the 1969 three-day festival in Bethel, N.Y. The gate leads to the original grounds and a message tree stands behind Clineman.
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Visitors on bean bags watch a Woodstock documentary in the museum at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, N.Y., site of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival.
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Peter "Uncle Pete" Clineman, 72, of Narrowsburg, N.Y., talks about Woodstock at the site of the 1969 three-day festival in Bethel, N.Y. The gate leads to the original grounds and a message tree stands behind Clineman.
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A historical marker in Bethel, N.Y., at the site of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival. The field that held nearly 500,000 people over three days is seen in the background.
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A message on a painted bus displayed inside the museum at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, N.Y., site of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival.
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Visitors watch a Woodstock documentary in the museum at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, N.Y., site of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival.
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A visitor inside the museum at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, N.Y., site of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival.
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A gate opens to the original grounds of the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair in Bethel, N.Y.
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A display inside the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts shows Melanie, Arlo Guthrie and the other 30 artists and bands who performed at the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, N.Y. Jack and Alice Bearce of Rochester, N.Y., can be seen looking at the display.
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A display map in the museum at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts shows the location of Bethel, N.Y., site of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival.
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A painted bus displayed inside the museum at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, N.Y., site of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival.
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Carol Hill, 70, of Reno, Nev., takes a picture of a sign at the site of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, N.Y., as other visitors walk back from visiting a historical marker at the bottom of the field.
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A plaque outside the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, N.Y., notes the site of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
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A display in the museum at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, N.Y., site of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival.
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Visitors sit on bean bags and watch a Woodstock documentary in the museum at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, N.Y., site of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival.
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The Yasgur farm off state Route 17B in Bethel, N.Y. The late Max Yasgur allowed the Woodstock music festival to take place in his fields in August 1969.
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A sign along N.Y. State Route 17B welcomes motorists to Bethel, home of the 1969 Woodstock music festival. A farmer cuts hay in the field in the background.
