From the gold rush to civil rights, the moon landing to 9/11, the US has always understood, mythologised and sold itself through the power of the still image ...

Jimi Hendrix playing his guitar during his set at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Playing with Jimi Hendrix is Billy Cox. Photo by Henry Diltz/Corbis via Getty By the time Jimi Hendrix took the ...

In the late 1800s, Martin Green used his training as a civil engineer to liven up the grounds of his family's sprawling Worcester estate. The family at one time amassed more than 500 acres in the ...

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Five weeks before the festival, Max Yasgur agreed to host Woodstock on his property. His farm provided natural amphitheater seating for Woodstock. Over 400,000 people showed up for the music festival.