Woodstock in pictures

Just $8 a day for a chance to see Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Santana and many more.  (Blank Archives/Getty Images)

Three-day passes to Woodstock Music and Art Fair.  (Blank Archives/Getty Images)

Traffic was backed up for miles forcing many to abandon their cars and walk to the festival.  (Blank Archives/Getty Images)

Faced with a ten mile walk in the mud to White Lake, followed by three more miles to the Woodstock pop festival in New York State, a couple turns to hitch-hiking.  (Three Lions/Getty Images)

Two Woodstock concert-goers hitching a ride in the trunk of a car.  (Three Lions/Getty Images)

Aerial view of the massive crowd in attendance at the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair in Bethel, New York, August 15 - 17 (and part of the 18th), 1969.  (Barry Z Levine/Getty Images)

Fans climb the sound tower for a better view.  (Three Lions/Getty Images)

A girl among the large crowds at Woodstock enjoying the music and the atmosphere.  (Three Lions/Getty Images)

A girl smiles while her pet monkey sits in the middle of her group at the Woodstock Music Festival.  (Ralph Ackerman/Getty Images)

An couple kiss while mostly under water in a lake on the grounds of the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair.  (Barry Z Levine/Getty Images)

Torrential rain and thick mud at the Woodstock music festival force some people to remove their shoes to allow them to dry.  (Three Lions/Getty Images)

A woman feeding her daughter during the Woodstock pop festival at Bethal, New York.  (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

People listening to the music at the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair and enjoying the relaxing atmosphere.  (Three Lions/Getty Images)

A concert-goer asleep outdoors, next to a can of beer, at the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair.  (Barry Z Levine/Getty Images)

Two festival goers that found Woodstock too much lay passed out on the hood and roof of their Volkswagen Beetle.  (Three Lions/Getty Images)

A festival goer sits on the hood of a hand-painted school bus to eat some lunch.  (Ralph Ackerman/Getty Images)