Hippies in the Heartland Redux

It's been a long time since I posted any hippie pictures; here are some from the Iola, Wisconsin, “People's Fair” Music Festival, June 1970:

With all of its heavy canvas tents it was akin to a Boy Scout Jamboree, albeit one with drug dealers and hard-core bikers:



Fortunately, the weather was fine and many of the crowd simply crashed on the ground:



It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.