The Historic Woodstock (38 photos)

The historic Woodstock was a music festival in the United States in 1969 that attracted 400,000 music lovers. Woodstock happened on August 15–17 on a dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains of southern New York State, northwest of New York City.

On the road to Woodstock

Woodstock 1969 Janis Joplin

Woodstock Festival by Bill Eppridge, August 15-18, 1969

Woodstock Festival by Bill Eppridge, August 15-18, 1969

Woodstock Festival by Elliott Landy, August 15-18, 1969

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Janis Joplin in Woodstock, August 15-18, 1969

Life at Woodstock Festival 1969

Woodstock Festival by Elliott Landy, August 15-18, 1969

Ravi Shankar on stage by Elliott Landy, Woodstock Festival, August 15-18, 1969

Woodstock Festival by Elliott Landy, August 15-18, 1969

Woodstock Festival by Bill Eppridge, August 15-18, 1969

Woodstock Festival by Bill Eppridge, August 15-18, 1969

Woodstock Festival, August 15-18, 1969

Jimi Hendrix live at Woodstock, August 15-18, 1969

Woodstock Festival by Elliott Landy, August 15-18, 1969

Jimi Hendrix live at Woodstock, August 15-18, 1969. Photo by Allan Koss

A man climbing the sound tower at the Woodstock Festival, August 15-18, 1969. Photo by Elliott Landy

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Johnny Winter on stage at the Woodstock Festival by Elliott Landy, August 15-18, 1969

Leslie Loaf by Elliott Landy, Woodstock Festival, August 15-18, 1969

Campers at Woodstock

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Woodstock Festival, August 15-18, 1969

Richie Havens on stage by Elliott Landy, Woodstock Festival, August 15-18, 1969

Carlos Santana (Woodstock 1969)

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Max and Miriam Yasgur, Woodstock field owners, August 1969

A woman hitchhiking back to New York after a festival in 1969.

LIFE at Woodstock, 1969

Nap time, Woodstock, 1969

on the road to Woodstock, Bethel, New York, August, 1969 by Michael Ochs

U.S. Woodstock, Aug. 1969

U.S. Woodstock, Aug. 1969

U.S. Woodstock, Aug. 1969

U.S. Woodstock, Aug. 1969

Woodstock Festival, 1969

Woodstock Hippies 1969

Lovers at Woodstock