Hippie Riding Motorcycle at Monterey Pop Festival

This color image captures a bearded festivalgoer seated on a motorcycle at the Monterey International Pop Festival. Wearing dark sunglasses, a patterned headband, striped pants, and a bright armband, he embodies the colorful counterculture style that surrounded the landmark music event. Circa 1967.

The Monterey International Pop Festival, held in California in June 1967, became a defining event of the 1960s counterculture and the emerging rock festival movement. Featuring legendary performances by Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, Otis Redding, and others, the festival helped usher in the era of large-scale rock festivals and the Summer of Love.