At Work by Robin Reid

Robin Reid | all galleries >> PAD and PESO from 2009 >> PAD March 2009 > At Work


30-MAR-1967

At Work

Mt. Vernon, IA

A real retro photograph here my friends …. Taken in 1967 while I was serving at Associate Dean of Students at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Those were halcyon days of excitement, growth, and hope.

scan from print full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

previous | next

Scott R Schroeder		01-Apr-2009 16:24
News Events From 1967 1967 was the year that Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first successful heart transplant. The recipient survived 18 days before succumbing to pneumonia. Three astronauts were killed in a flash fire that engulfed their Apollo I spacecraft. A six-day blood bath occurred in the Middle East, in which Israel scored a decisive victory and Moshe Dayan was proclaimed a hero. More American troops were sent to Vietnam in 1967, and as a result, more and more anti-war demonstrations were taking place. Novelist Norman Mailer and 250 other protesters were arrested while storming the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and Joan Baez was arrested in California for trying to block the doors of an army induction center. On the home front, the first microwave oven hit the consumer market, making "fast food" a staple in American kitchens. In the Heat of the Night walked away with best picture in 1967. Other box office draws were The Graduate, Bonnie and Clyde, Doctor Doolittle, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. On television, it was The Flying Nun, Ironside, and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. And the first issue of Rolling Stone Magazine hit the stands, with John Lennon featured on the cover. In 1967, Scott McKenzie invited people to San Francisco and told them to wear some flowers in their hair. By June, the Haight-Ashbury section of the city was awash with "flower power," as young people from all over the country gathered by the Golden Gate Bridge to turn on, tune in and drop out. They became known as hippies; youth who were discouraged by adult society and fed up with the war. They spawned anti-war demonstrations, love-ins, and questioned societal morals with a new awareness fired by the so-called expansion of the mind with hallucinogens. Psychedelic music mirrored it all, and FM underground radio was born on WMPX in San Francisco. 1967 saw the first major rock festival, Monterey Pop, which was held in California. Although the concept of the rock festival wasn't new, Monterey became the first "legendary" event. Its purpose was to spread the gospel of peace, love, and music, and featured an array of talent from all over the world. The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Country Joe & the Fish, the Mamas and the Papas (who helped organize the event) were from San Francisco's psychedelic scene. Also on the bill were blues bands like Canned Heat, the Electric Flag, and Paul Butterfield's Blues Band, LA's the Byrds and Buffalo Springfield, and Memphis soul from Booker T & the MGs. Other performers at the festival were the Who, Simon and Garfunkel, Eric Burdon, Johnny Rivers, Lou Rawls, the Association and Ravi Shankar. Monterey was also the springboard that launched the careers of Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix.

Sami		31-Mar-2009 19:24
So what did you do to the photo (in keeping with your new Year Six mantra)? Did you add paper to the desk instead of the stone tablets that were the norm back in those days? hee hee.

Cindi Smith		31-Mar-2009 03:42
Wow, you have the same hair style! Looking good there, Robin!

coaster		31-Mar-2009 03:29
Fascinating look back--good portrait.

Guest		31-Mar-2009 02:24
Hey what a guy, there's a certain Robin Williams, crossed with Mel Gibson crossed with Bogart kinda look. I see the hope in your eyes Robin, for the future, the excitement, the hunger. It all there. Cute ears too. What a hunk. :-)

Walter Otto Koenig		31-Mar-2009 02:11
Very cool trip back in time.

J. Scott Coile		31-Mar-2009 00:39
Classic. Thanks for sharing another piece of the R2 puzzle. Excellent.

Coleen Perilloux Landry		31-Mar-2009 00:31
I knew that was you when I saw the thumbnail. Seize the day.