The 1960s and early ’70s marked an era of profound cultural change, as the world witnessed the rise of the Hippie Revolution. With its roots in the fight for peace, love, and freedom, this movement redefined societal norms and challenged authority in ways that would shape generations to come. It was a time when music, art, and politics intertwined to form a vibrant counterculture that rejected the traditional values of the establishment.
These images offer a rare glimpse into the energy, optimism, and idealism that define a generation. Let them take you on a nostalgic journey to the past, where history was made one free-spirited moment at a time, and where the world felt on the cusp of something revolutionary. Here are 20 vintage images from the hippie revolution.
1. I wonder what type of music they played
They have a tambourine, an accordion, a flute, and an acoustic guitar. Their music must have been ear-torture.
2. Hitchhiking Hippies, 1970
The hitchhiking movement reached its peak in the 1970s. Today, the thought of letting a stranger into your car is something few people would allow.
3. “Honey pull up the rug, I’m making it into a dress”
She even made her daughter a little matching hippie jacket.
4. Enemies passing each other on the street
One group is full of love, and the other gang is full of the opposite.
5. Just a hip dad walking with his daughter, 1968
Her dress and jacket are both homemade.
6. That’s the face of a dance-crazed hippie
She just pulled mom’s drapes off the window and made them an outfit.
7. We could use some flower power right now
Why did people hate hippies? They just like to dance around in a field together.
8. In case anyone was wondering what a hippie wedding looks like
The only wedding expense was their cake.
9. Nothing screams hippie fashion like a flower necklace
Once they were finished with their necklaces, they proceeded to wear them for a week straight.
10. The infamous hippie van.
They decorated these vans like the inside of a dorm room.
11. Just a hippie and his dog, 1969
How can you afford pet care when you’re unemployed?
12. Nothing like playing your own music at a music festival
They didn’t come for the music; they came to perform for a crowd of their own.
13. The goal of this game is to trip and fall in the mud
It’s the complete opposite of the Limbo, and you can just tell that no one bothered to shower after falling into that mud.
14. The largest gathering of hippies in the ’60s, Woodstock ’69
Over 400,000 people crammed together to listen to the best music of the ’60s.
15. These hippies had a crowd of viewers
People would gather from far and wide to see hippies doing hippie things.
16. Hippies from West Virginia, 1974
He’s having an intimate moment with that hammer.
17. The Volkswagen Bus was considered the Hippie Mobile in the ’60s and ’70s
For being broke hippies, their paint jobs were immaculate.
18. This doesn’t seem sanitary
Leave it to a hippie to scoop up a raccoon like it’s their pet.
19. This guy embodies hippie-style
Please point me to the nearest shop where I can purchase this outfit.
20. “Our hippie son is home for dinner”
“He left with short hair and nice clothes, and came home like this.”
