Celia Birtwell

United Kingdom
Elisa.rolle, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped)
Lamborghini trouser suit made by Celia Birtwell and Ossie Clark (1969)

Celia Birtwell

Woodstock: The Festival of the Decade

United States
Woodstock Whisperer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Edited)
Woodstock Music and Art Fair festival, Bethel, New York, USA (1969)

The Woodstock Festival in 1969 is remembered as a symbol of the Sixties counterculture

Jimi Hendrix

United States
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Jimi Hendrix playing at the amusement park Gröna Lund in Stockholm, Sweden (1967)

Jimi Hendrix

Jim Haynes

United States
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James Haynes (centre) on the TV discussion programme 'After Dark', with Andrea Dworkin (left) and host Anthony Clare (right) (1988)

Jim Haynes

Martin Luther King Jr

United States
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Martin Luther King Jr. giving a speech (circa 1963)

Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister, author and the leading American civil rights campaigner of his generation

Janis Joplin

United States
Columbia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Janis Joplin featured on the cover of the 'Cash Box' magazine (1968)

Janis Joplin

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Kenny Jay Lane

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

Kenny Jay Lane

Paloma Picasso

France
Eduardo Correa, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of Paloma Picasso in Malaga, Spain [date unknown]
Fashion Designer & Businesswoman

Paloma Picasso

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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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Tilted hardback book cover mock-up of 'Nicky Samuel: My Life and Loves'

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The Factory

United States
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Low angle photograph of the Decker Building, 33 Union Square West, New York City, New York, USA (2008)
Andy Warhol's Creative Studios

The Factory

The Black House

United Kingdom
Holloway Road, Lower Holloway by David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Holloway Road, Lower Holloway, London, United Kingdom (2008)
Black Power Commune

The Black House

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