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Jerry Rubin, with Gary Snyder and Alan Cohen at the Human Be-In, San Francisco
Jerry Rubin, with Gary Snyder and Alan Cohen at the Human Be-In, San Francisco
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Jerry Rubin, with Gary Snyder and Alan Cohen at the Human Be-In, San Francisco

Artist (American, born about 1932)
DateJanuary 14, 1967
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions32.0 x 46.8 cm (image), 40.7 x 50.5 cm (sheet)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Howard G. Davis, III A.K.A. David Davis
Object number2014.1233
Label TextThe “Human Be-In” was a counterculture arts festival held in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on January 14, 1967. Celebrants demonstrated their opposition to a new California law banning the psychoactive drug LSD. The festival included art exhibitions and concerts by Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and the Grateful Dead. Gary Snyder and Allen Ginsberg read their poetry. Jerry Rubin lectured on social justice, and Timothy Leary spoke on personal consciousness proclaiming “Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out.”
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