The 1960s were a decade of revolution and change in politics, music and society around the world. It started in the United States and the United Kingdom, and spread to continental Europe and other parts of the globe.
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| Life of the United States in the 1960s |
The 1960s were an era of protest. In the civil rights movement blacks and whites protested against the unfair treatment of races. Towards the end of the decade more and more Americans protested against the war in Vietnam. Many people in the United States thought that Americans had no reason to fight in war that was so far away from home.
Female activists demanded more rights for women, whose role in society began to change. The birth control pill and other contraceptives were introduced, making it possible for women to plan their careers and have babies when they wanted them.
After World War II people all over the world started working hard and respecting the values they were brought up with. Especially in Europe, it was an era of recovery and rebuilding. In the 1960s many young people started doubting such values. They protested against society and everything that was mainstream. They had hair long and wore unusual and strange clothes.
These fascinating photos were found by Dean Avants that shows how life of the United States looked like in the 1960s.
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| Chula Vista gift shop, Branson, Missouri, 1962 |
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| Florida gulf, 1962 |
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| House and car, DeLand, Florida, 1962 |
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| Loc-Wood boat dock, Bagnell Dam, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, 1962 |
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| Times Square, NYC, 1963 |
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| Boy with “JUST MARRIED” car, Virginia, 1964 |
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| Two girls hurrying to a 1957 Ford Fairline convertible, 1964 |
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| Two ladies outside a camping trailer, circa 1964 |
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| 42nd street, NYC, 1966 |
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| Chicago skyline from Civic Center, Illinois, 1966 |
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| Demonstration in Greenwich Village, NYC, 1966 |
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| Dinosaur Land, Vernal, Utah, 1966 |
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| Dodge City, Kansas, 1966 |
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| Entrance to America the Beautiful in Circarama, Disneyland, 1966 |
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| Greenwich Village, NYC, 1966 |
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| Johnson Wax Headquarters, Racine, Wisconsin, 1966 |
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| Lady reading pamphlet on street, Boston, Massachusetts, 1966 |
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| Laurent House, Illinois, 1966 |
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| Radio City Music Hall, NYC, 1966 |
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| Reno, Nevada, 1966 |
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| Reno, Nevada, 1966 |
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| Students on field trip, somewhere in Oklahoma, 1966 |
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| Times Square, NYC, 1966 |
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| University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1966 |
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| “It’s a Small World” ride, Disneyland, 1967 |
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| Girls on the beach, California, 1967 |
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| Tombstone, Arizona, 1967 |
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| White Sands, New Mexico, 1967 |
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| 1968 Ford Mustang in driveway at NW 47th and Villa, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1968 |
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| Cycle race, Daytona Speedway, Florida, 1968 |
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| Girl at Alabaster Caverns, Oklahoma, 1968 |
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| Golf game in the mountains, 1968 |
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| Small group of friends at Alabaster Caverns, Oklahoma, 1968 |
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| Photo shoot, Maryland, 1969 |