The 60's an ... age of innocence lost Photo

Photographer’s Note

'If you can remember anything about the '60s, then you weren't really there.'

- Presidential debates televised for first time (Kennedy-Nixon)

- Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" is released

- John F. Kennedy wins presidential election

- U.S. U-2 spy plane shot down over USSR

- Bay of Pigs invasion debacle

- Berlin Wall is constructed

- Soviets launch first man into space

- Cuban Missile Crisis

- Marilyn Monroe found dead

- JFK is assassinated

- Martin Luther King delivers "I Have A Dream" speech

- U.S.-USSR hotline connection established

- Beatlemania sweeps the U.S.

- Civil Rights Act is passed

- Hasbro introduces GI Joe action figure

- Nelson Mandela sentenced to life in prison in South Africa

- Cassius Clay (a.k.a. Muhammad Ali) wins heavyweight boxing title

- U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam

- Blackout hits New York City

- Watts race riots in Los Angeles

- Medicare funding begins

- Mao Zedong launches Cultural Revolution in China

- "Star Trek" first airs

- Mass draft protests in U.S.

- First heart transplant is performed

- First Super Bowl is held

- Three U.S. astronauts killed during launch simulation

- Che Guevara killed in Bolivia

- Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated

- Robert F. Kennedy assassinated

- Richard Nixon elected president

- Neil Armstrong becomes first man to walk on moon.

- Charles Manson and the Manson "family" arrested in Tate/LaBianaca murders

- Sesame Street airs for first time

- Woodstock Music Festival held

- Yasser Arafat becomes leader of the PLO.

Change was fast, furious and seemingly non-stop in the 1960s, a decade marked by historic figures and events whose whole was somehow even greater than the sum of its iconic parts.

And even though I was a little girl in those times I rememeber clearly well everything.

Visiting JFK Presidential library, a place completely impregnated by those years' atmosphere, it's enough to look at a window of an old shop dressed with things so familiar in those years, and soon I thought back to the events of my childhood.

Please look at the ws' too.

snunney, papagolf21, stelli, dareco, Vames, azaf1, Budapestman, TGULUMSER, Dyerco, jorgi, plimrn, FORJP001, gunbud has marked this note useful

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snunney (33988) 2008-11-22 0:38

Hello Stella,
A nice capture of this rather antiquated looking equipment, but which is now increasingly sold at auction to people fascinated by retro. Thanks for sharing this interesting reminder of my teenage years :-)

papagolf21 (55872) 2008-11-22 2:35

Bonjour, mon amie Stella,
Un grand retour en arrière ! bien sûr tous les éléments indiqués dans la note résonnent dans ma tête quand j'étais écolier et l'image fait ressusciter bien des souvenirs. Félicitations pour ces très bonnes images et ce regard en arrière. Le monde est en perpétuel mouvement.
Très bon regard sur notre société.
Amitiés.
Philippe

stelli (2939) 2008-11-22 2:51

What a wonderful trip back to a better "era" (in my humble opinion)! The light in the picture is appropriate to the theme! Your workshops include one of the best photos of president JFK! Thank you for sharing! Regards Stella

dareco (17024) 2008-11-22 3:11

This one really leaps out of the gallery, I love the vibrant color and earlier I enjoyed reading your note. Gee, I remember more of these things than I want to :) An interesting and excellent post. TFS

Vames (4356) 2008-11-22 5:51

ciao Stella,very nice momet and beautiful colours!good composition!salutare Vaios

Greg1949 (8499) 2008-11-22 14:58

Stella, I remember nearly all of your events, I even say JFK once in a parade. I will say that those times, even with all that happened, were kinder and gentler than today. I can't say I miss those days though I would like another crack at youth. Nice capture on all these "artifacts" I plan a visit here this winter. Good presentation.

Greg

Budapestman (40866) 2008-11-23 1:26

Hi Stella,
Superb historical tableau from the 1960 years. The objects which can be seen on the picture summons the era. The composition spectacular, the lights superb. Congratulations.
Have a nice weekend!
George

azaf1 (15541) 2008-11-23 1:35

Ciao Stella
A nice memory from those years. I vividly remember the 60s as I was in high school in midwest at that time, and the first time outside Greece. Everything was new and those memories still persist today
Thanks for bringing back memories from times past
Argiris

TGULUMSER (12406) 2008-11-23 2:27

Hello Stella,
Nice to see objects from our childhood. Nostalgic and impressive,
Best regards,
Tulay

Dyerco (8842) 2008-11-23 7:06

Hi Stella
"Thanks for the Memories". Wasn't that a song Bob Hope used to sing? Great shot of all that memorabilia.
Cheers
Phil

meb (744) 2008-11-23 13:11

Ciao Stella,
grazie per la foto ma ancora di più per la nota impressionante. Davvero sono successetutte quelle cose? Io ero piccola (eh eh...) e alcune proprio non me le ricordo, ma mi ricordo la morte di Papa Giovanni XXIII, avevo il morbillo...
Grazie per la lezione di storia!
Ciao
Marica

batalay (20658) 2008-11-23 15:13

Hi Stella,

The note is as enjoyable as the photograph. Regarding that opening line, "'If you can remember anything about the '60s, then you weren't really there,' is a generalization of a famous event from the period, Woodstock. In 1969 there was a concert that took place in Bethel, New York (State), where young people — students, young academics, street people, hippies, musicians, children... all congregated for a few days. Drugs, alcohol rampant sex all took place, and it was a defining moment of the counter-culture. They used to say about that event, "If you remember Woodstock, you weren't there." I enjoyed reading the list.

Have a good week,

Bulent

Longroute (8831) 2008-11-24 2:25

Questa non è una foto, è un "memorial". Quante cose sono successe in quegli anni! A leggerle così ora viene la vertigine. Le ho vissute tutte intensamente... ricordo il primo giorno in cui sentii la prima canzone dei Beatles, Please, please me, che immediatamente accese una luce e un fuoco dentro di me, fuoco che non si è mai estinto. E ricordo che quando assassinarono Kennedy piansi per strada. Era un'epoca di speranze, malgrado le forze che le soffocavano.
Lodevole la foto e la nota.
Ciao,
Donato

jorgi (3798) 2008-11-25 9:39

Hi Stella,

you wanna hear sth funny? I do remember 60's although it was a decade before I was born... It is hard to explain...but when I have a nostalgia...I have it thinking of 60's and 70's... OK...70's could be explained...my friend had a theory that if mother was listening music from 70's when she was pregnant with you...you developed a taste for music from that time. Sounds crazy? Yeah...I agree :-))) I always loved the design from that time. It feels timeless for me. Even now...its futuristic characteristics make it more advanced than from contemporary design.
Your photo is a real nostalgic treat. Love elements on photo, especially love the note. Yay for the Star Trek! :-))))))

My best,
Jeri

plimrn (19552) 2008-12-21 13:36

Buon Giorno Stella,
I was in the San Francisco Bay area when the war protests were big: we marched in the Servicemen's march for peace, got gassed in Berkeley. danced in the park, & heard Janis Joplin sing. We left the sixties believing we'd made a difference and then along came dubya. I hope Obama will be able to correct some of his destruction.
HLJ, Pat

gunbud (27515) 2009-02-27 19:38

Hi Stella,
Wonderful historical time-line recorded in your lovely deco image.
I must say that the 60's will not be remembered for its for its attempt and modern design or who am I to say.
A wonderful trip down memory lane.
Regards, Tom