The Vietnam War Protest Movement

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By S.Sgt. Albert R. Simpson. Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Anti-war protest at the Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, USA (1967)

The Vietnam War Protest Movement

Tyrannosaurus Rex

United Kingdom
not credited (Reprise Records ?), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped)
Tour ad for 'T. Rex are doing it across America. Are you ready?' (1973)

Tyrannosaurus Rex

David Hockney

United Kingdom
Connaissance des Arts, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
David Hockney portrait (2017)

David Hockney

Robert Mapplethorpe

United States
Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Mapplethorpe

Patti Smith

United States
UCLA Library Special Collections, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of Patti Smith (1978)

Patti Smith

Jimi Hendrix

United States
Original photographer unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Jimi Hendrix playing at the amusement park Gröna Lund in Stockholm, Sweden (1967)

Jimi Hendrix

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Mick Jagger

United Kingdom
Olavi Kaskisuo / Lehtikuva, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Edited)
Mick Jagger portrait holding a cigarette (1965)
Singer & Founder Member of The Rolling Stones

Mick Jagger

Vidal Sassoon

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The weaver at German Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Vidal Sassoon (left) at the 2006 Gala Ceremony in Barcelona at the Global Salon Business Awards® with one of the semi-finalists Figaro Claus Niedermaier (right) (2006)
Hairstylist, Entrepreneur, Anti-Racism Campaigner & Activist

Vidal Sassoon

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Photograph of the Fire Island lighthouse with a 'No Parking' sign and a bicycle, Long Island, New York, USA (2007)
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Fire Island

Granny Takes a Trip

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London fashion boutique

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