1. American Culture in the 1960s A Photo Essay Created by Ruth Martinez Stone 2009myrrhspace@yahoo.com

2. July 1969 Moon Landing

3. 1963 Imperial

4. January 5, 1962 John F. Kennedy

5. The Beatles, 1962

6. New Products in 1960

7. You might remember this place… (1955)

8. Television set of the late 1960s

9. Mid-century Lawn Furniture

10. Groovy!

11. A Trip to the Mall?

12. Rotary Dial Wall Phone

13. Flower Power!

14. 1968 Women’s Fashion

15. Make Love not War

16. 1967 Schwinn

17. 1960s Technology’s Finest

18. 1961 Kennedy Inauguration

19. Learn to Read with Sally, Dick, and Jane

20. Senseless Assassinations… Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) Robert Kennedy (1925-1968) Robert Kennedy (1925-1968)

21. On the Radio (AM of course) Bob Dylan (1966) Bob Dylan (1966) Sonny and Cher (1966) Sonny and Cher (1966)

22. On Television Ed Sullivan That Girl (1966-1971)

23. On Television… Popular TV shows of the 1960s included: The Beverly Hillbillies, Bewitched, Family Affair (pictured here), The Andy Griffith Show, My Favorite Martian, and so many more. Popular TV shows of the 1960s included: The Beverly Hillbillies, Bewitched, Family Affair (pictured here), The Andy Griffith Show, My Favorite Martian, and so many more.

24. A Kitchen of the 1960s

25. And a living room may have looked like this (circa 1968)…

26. Charles Manson

27. Kotex Ad from 1960 (Belts and/or pins still required!)

28. 1963 The Beverly Hillbillies: The poor become affluent and “California is the place you gotta be!” The Beverly Hillbillies: The poor become affluent and “California is the place you gotta be!”

29. Desegregation (1957) in Little Rock

30. 1968 Sears Catalog: Teen Fashion

31. 1965 Drive In Movie “Beach Blanket Bingo”

32. 1965 Life in the ‘Burbs The manicured lawn. All the “ticky-tacky” houses looked the same.

33. 1960s Tupperware (“It’s not old, it’s VINTAGE!”)

34. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X

35. THE END An incomplete photo essay, to be sure. An incomplete photo essay, to be sure. There is no way to capture ALL of the era. There is no way to capture ALL of the era. This was something I did for fun based on images I have collected that remind me of my own personal recollections of the 1960s. This was something I did for fun based on images I have collected that remind me of my own personal recollections of the 1960s. I hope you enjoyed this! Email feedback: myrrhspace@yahoo.com I hope you enjoyed this! Email feedback: myrrhspace@yahoo.com myrrhspace@yahoo.com