Marc Bolan

United Kingdom
Ministrymole, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Portrait picture of a 25 year old Marc Bolan photographed by Keith Morris (1972)

Marc Bolan

Patti Smith

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

Patti Smith

The Factory

United States
Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped)
Low angle photograph of the Decker Building, 33 Union Square West, New York City, New York, USA (2008)

The Factory

Martin Luther King Jr

United States
David Erickson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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

The Haight-Ashbury

United States
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Haight-Ashbury district intersection in San Francisco, California, USA

The Haight-Ashbury is a district in San Francisco, centred in Haight Street and also including Ashbury Street

Mustique Island

St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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Crystal clear waters from the Gelliceaux Beach in Mustique, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2018)

Mustique Island

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Influential people

Victoria Brooke

United Kingdom
Victoria Brooke
Model

Victoria Brooke

Neal Cassady

United States
GrawLIN, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of Neal Cassady (1960)
Author & Poet

Neal Cassady

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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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Carnaby Street

United Kingdom
H. Grobe, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
'Irvine Sellars' and other boutiques in Carnaby Street, London, United Kingdom (1968)
Fashionable London Street

Carnaby Street

Chateau Marmont

United States
Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Back side picture of the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles, California, USA (2014)
Hollywood Hotel

Chateau Marmont

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