Monroe Gallery of Photography

1969

Monroe Gallery, Santa Fe, is pleased to present a special web exhibition of photographs from the year 1969. In 1969, Richard Nixon became president, the Vietnam War continued as did protests against it, the Stonewall Inn was raided in New York leading to gay-rights protests, Charles Manson led a cult to murder five people, man reached and walked on the moon, Senator Edward Kennedy was embroiled in the Chappaquiddick Affair, Midnight Cowboy was one of the top films, rock and roll featured numerous ground-breaking performers, Woodstock stunned the world with three days of music and anti-establishment statements, and the New York Mets went from worst to first.



Roger Daltry, The Who, Isle of Wright, 1969


Janis and Tina, Madison Square Garden, November 27, 1969


Jerry Garcia at Fillmore East, September 27, 1969



Bob Dylan, Woodstock, 1969 - Nashville Skyline


Charles Manson


John Lennon and Yoko Ono, New York



Edward Kennedy arriving for Mary Jo Kopechne's funeral, 1969


Chinese Premiere Chou En Lai and US President Richard Nixon toast each other, Peking, 1972



Apollo 11 lift off, July 16, 1969


Apollo 11 Roll-Out, Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 20, 1969


Apollo 11 lunar module ascent from surface of moon, 1969 by NASA



Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. on the lunar surface, 1969 by NASA


Robert Redford, Sundance, Utah, 1969


Midnight Cowboy, New York,1969



Woodstock,1969


Hippies


Woodstock, 1969 (LIFE Magazine)



Black Soldier U.S. 1st Cavalry, Vietnam, 1966


Dead Vietcong, Saigon, 1968



New York Mets, World Series final, Shea Stadium, NY 1969


New York Mets, World Series final, Shea Stadium, NY, 1969


New York Mets, World Series final, Shea Stadium, NY, 1969


New York Mets, World Series final, Shea Stadium, NY, 1969


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