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Rare Photo Collection From 1967 Shows Haight Street Fashions In The Summer Of Love

In the private photo collection of Charles W. Cushman, recently made available online through the Indiana University Archives, there's a group of photos that were all likely shot in the same

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Video: Go Inside A 1967 Tour Bus As It Gawks At Haight Street Hippies

Everything all summer long in SF continues to officially be "hippie" themed because it's the 50th anniversary of the famed Summer of Love and if you haven't

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Sneak Preview: Conservatory of Flowers 'Summer of Love' Projections Come Alive

The wildly anticipated trippy Summer of Love light show at the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park has its grand lighting ceremony Wednesday night, but the technical and artistic aces of Illuminate

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DeYoung Museum's 'Summer Of Love Experience' Opens, Dede Wilsey Declares 'I'm A Flower Child'

Last Thursday night was the opening reception for the deYoung's exhibit The Summer of Love Experience, and the Chronicle's Leah Garchik was on hand to hear some introductory remarks

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Group Behind Bay Lights Is Fundraising For Trippy Conservatory Of Flowers Light Projections

Entering the Conservatory of Flowers gives Ben Davis butterflies. "You step inside, and you're filled with awe a million times over," he tells SFist. As the founder of the

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What Was The Summer Of Love?: An Explainer As 50th Anniversary Celebrations Ramp Up

When people talk about "the 60s" in San Francisco, they're talking about a period from January 1967 to December 1969 just three short years that would nonetheless forever reshape

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Summer Of Love 50th Anniversary Promoter Steps Down, Haight Street Shop Owner 'Sunshine Powers' Steps In

After his application for a free Summer of Love 50th Anniversary concert in Golden Gate Park was denied by the Recreation and Park Department and an appeal of that decision was also denied,