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One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

Like Bryan Adams' says in "Summer of '69," "Those were the best days of my life." For many people, they probably were.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Published 55 years ago in Wow

Like Bryan Adams' says in "Summer of '69," "Those were the best days of my life." For many people, they probably were.


1969 began with the Beatles' last performance, and its summer saw hundreds of thousands gather at Woodstock in August, and men land on the moon in July. 


But with Nixon sworn into office, the Vietnam war draft began in December, and civil unrest only grew from there. Maybe '69 really was as good as it got. 

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    New York fashion, 1969.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    Sharon Tate showing off the baby clothing she had bought in London, UK in 1969.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    An undercover police officer on duty in the 78th Precinct in Brooklyn, New York. July 1st, 1969.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    Girls making petrol bombs during the Battle of the Bogside, Ireland, 1969.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    The Beatles perform together for the last time, January 30th, 1969.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    Last photo taken of all four Beatles together; August 22nd, 1969.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    Michael Jackson in his 6th grade class photos, 1969.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    Bob Seger, 1969.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    Jack Nicholson and Dennis Hopper at the Oscars afterparty, 1969.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    On July 16th, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon after reaching the surface in their Apollo 11 lunar module.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    Kmart employees in North Carolina watching moon landing. July 16, 1969.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    Neil Armstrong celebrating his 39th Birthday in quarantine after returning from the Moon. August 5, 1969.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    Eldridge Cleaver and David Hilliard of the Black Panther Party holding a press conference with the Palestinian Liberation Organization, (PLO), in Algiers, Algeria, at the Pan-African Cultural Festival, 1969.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    Black Panthers protest against restrictions on the right to bear arms. Seattle, 1969.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    In 1969, when black Americans were still prevented from swimming alongside whites, Mr. Rogers decided to invite Officer Clemmons to join him and cool his feet in a pool, breaking a well-known color barrier.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    On August 15, 1969, the Woodstock festival begins in Bethel, New York.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    The crowd at Woodstock, 1969.

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    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    American actor Charles Bronson, 1969. Photo by Giancarlo Botti.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    Noam Chomsky at MIT, 1969.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    John Lennon and Yoko Ono bought a large billboard in Times Square in 1969 declaring that “War is over if you want it.”

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    Richard Nixon walks on the beach during his presidency, 1969.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    Two girls gallop full speed on sheep in Cornwall, England 1969.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    The lottery used by the Selective Service to determine who would be drafted for Vietnam first. In each capsule is a day of the year, determining the order of draftees by their birthday. Washington D.C., 1969.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    An unidentified soldier of the 25th Infantry Division pauses for a cigarette. Vietnam War, 1969.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    U.S. Marines on patrol, South Vietnam, December 1969.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    1969, Chris Noel with American Troops in Vietnam. She went eight times, and was so popular that she had a $10k bounty placed on her head, and twice her helicopter was shot down by enemy fire.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    “My Parents in 1969.”

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    The crew of Apollo 12, the second crew to land and walk on the moon. 1969.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    Janis Joplin in Woodstock before going on stage.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    “My grandparents (left) attending my great aunt and uncle's Wedding.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    Anton LaVey, founder of The Church of Satan, with Jayne Mansfield and a young Mariska Hargitay, 1969.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    New York City, summer of 1969. The start of the miniskirt era.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    Niagara Falls without water, 1969.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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    In 1969, Life magazine photographer Vernon Merritt III captured this shot of two buddies on a hot summer day in New York City.

    One Small Step For Man: 36 Vintage Photos of Life in 1969

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