Kenny Jay Lane

United States
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Kenneth Jay Lane in his apartment in New York City, New York, USA (2003)

Kenny Jay Lane

Muhammad Ali

United States
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Muhammad Ali sitting on a bench in the Zürich woods, Switzerland (1971)

Muhammad Ali

Granny Takes a Trip

United Kingdom
Elderly woman laughing whilst wearing 60s-fashion clothes

Granny Takes a Trip

Andy Warhol

United States
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Promotional photograph of Andy Warhol in Moderna Museet, Stockholm, posing in front of Brillo boxes before the opening of his retrospective exhibition (1968)

Andy Warhol

Allen Ginsberg

United States
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Allen Ginsberg crowned 'King of May' at his speech, Praga, Czech Republic (1965)

Allen Ginsberg

Yoko Ono

Japan
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John Lennon (left) and Yoko Ono (right) at a New York press conference where they would announce the conceptual country of Nutopia (1973)

Yoko Ono Lennon is a Japanese conceptual and performance artist, singer, songwriter and filmmaker

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Yoko Ono

Japan
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John Lennon (left) and Yoko Ono (right) at a New York press conference where they would announce the conceptual country of Nutopia (1973)
Artist & Peace Activist

Yoko Ono

Yves Saint-Laurent

France
Yves Saint-Laurent
Fashion Designer

Yves Saint-Laurent

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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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Fire Island

United States Rainbow flag (LGBTQ+)
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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

United Kingdom
Elderly woman laughing whilst wearing 60s-fashion clothes
London fashion boutique

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