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re: Unearthed cache of 1960’s San Francisco
Posted on 5/23/25 at 2:11 pm to Pettifogger
Posted on 5/23/25 at 2:11 pm to Pettifogger
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I looked in the window for like 90 seconds and I just straight up cannot find the reflection
Right at the front of the VW Beetle. If you go from the ground up, right to the left of the front wheel is where the photographer is standing. The middle oval is circling his pelvis.
This post was edited on 5/23/25 at 2:12 pm
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 2:19 pm to IAmNERD
My working theory is that former Grateful Dead photographer and band manager Ron Rakow is the mystery photographer. I base that off the fact that the film was abandoned in a storage unit, but I can’t find an exact date. However, Rakow went to prison in 2007 for tax evasion and was released in 2011. If he was in prison that might explain why the unit was subsequently abandoned.
Posted on 5/23/25 at 2:23 pm to IAmNERD
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This post was edited on 5/23/25 at 4:31 pm
Posted on 5/23/25 at 2:36 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
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My working theory is that former Grateful Dead photographer and band manager Ron Rakow is the mystery photographer. I base that off the fact that the film was abandoned in a storage unit, but I can’t find an exact date. However, Rakow went to prison in 2007 for tax evasion and was released in 2011. If he was in prison that might explain why the unit was subsequently abandoned.
That's a solid theory.
The guy with the camera in this pic
definitely looks like it could be Rakow
Posted on 5/23/25 at 2:39 pm to Pettifogger
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I looked in the window for like 90 seconds and I just straight up cannot find the reflection
I'm probably dying
it looks like the guy in this pic has longer hair than Dakaw though. He could be wearing a hat, or it could be from a different year when he had longer hair?
This post was edited on 5/23/25 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 5/23/25 at 2:43 pm to Funky Tide 8
also, absolute '67 smoke-show
Posted on 5/23/25 at 2:43 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
Grandma was a dead head.
Posted on 5/23/25 at 2:45 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
quote:i can smell the bo just looking at this picture
Posted on 5/23/25 at 2:49 pm to Funky Tide 8
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He could be wearing a hat
Judging by the heavy coat, and it being San Francisco, I’m guessing it’s a knit/ toboggan style hat.
Posted on 5/23/25 at 2:50 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
Wood have
Posted on 5/23/25 at 2:58 pm to Funky Tide 8
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definitely looks like it could be Rakow
I believe that’s Neil Cassidy. I’ve yet to find an image of Rakow.
Posted on 5/23/25 at 3:07 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
Here's a video of that concert. I see several cameramen but nobody matches dude in your picture.
YouTube
And another one which has some footage from the same position as the picture of Garcia was taken
YouTube
And an article identifying Jim Marshall as a photographer of that concert
LINK
YouTube
And another one which has some footage from the same position as the picture of Garcia was taken
YouTube
And an article identifying Jim Marshall as a photographer of that concert
quote:
Iconic photographer, Jim Marshall captured some of the most important cultural and social events of the year that defined an everlasting identity for San Francisco. Marshall had an all-access pass to documenting history in the making. He stood next to Allen Ginsberg at the Human Be-In in Golden Gate Park and was onstage with the Grateful Dead at their street concert in the Panhandle
LINK
This post was edited on 5/23/25 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 5/23/25 at 3:09 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
At first glance, I thought it may have been from the 5-3-68 Columbia show, but the band is wearing different clothes.
Check out the young kid absolutely melting at the 5:15 mark:
Check out the young kid absolutely melting at the 5:15 mark:
Posted on 5/23/25 at 3:09 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
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I believe that’s Neil Cassidy.
frick, you are right
Posted on 5/23/25 at 3:15 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
That photo of the Dead looks like it was taken at the Panhandle, which was down the street from Golden Gate Park. The real Summer of Love was in 1966, not 1967. By the summer of 67, Haight Street had become a major tourist attraction by and was overrun by teenage runaways. Many SF musicians had moved to Marin County.
There was no city in the world at that time that had a scene like San Francisco. By 1969 hard drugs hit the Haight and it became crime infested.
There was no city in the world at that time that had a scene like San Francisco. By 1969 hard drugs hit the Haight and it became crime infested.
Posted on 5/23/25 at 3:17 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
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I’ve yet to find an image of Rakow.
maybe???
Posted on 5/23/25 at 3:40 pm to Beessnax
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And an article identifying Jim Marshall as a photographer of that concert
Another solid theory. He passed in 2010, so the potential for an abandoned storage unit is there. I wish I knew the time frame of when these rolls of film were discovered
Posted on 5/23/25 at 3:42 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
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Thoughts?
I think this is pretty cool. I don't know how to help solve the mystery, but it is cool.
Posted on 5/23/25 at 3:44 pm to Beessnax
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And an article identifying Jim Marshall as a photographer of that concert
Definitely looks like him in the reflection
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