45 Color Photographs That Show the Flamboyance of San Francisco in the Summer of 1971

San Francisco in the 1970s was a global hub of culture. It was known worldwide for hippies and radicals. The city was heavily affected by drugs, prostitution and crime. Outcasts and the socially marginalized were attracted by a greater tolerance and acceptability of multi-cultures in the city. It grew as one of world’s biggest centers for the LGBT community and LGBT rights.

The Daily Mail described flamboyant ’70s San Francisco as being characterized by “hippy street life when buskers, bongo players and impressive bouffants thronged the city by the bay.”

Here, below is a collection of 45 interesting color photographs of daily life in San Francisco were taken by photographer Nick DeWolf in August of 1971.