Collection is open for research.
Gift of Jack P. Steiwer in February 1990 (Lib. Acc. 19796 and Photo Acc. 990D020).
The Vortex I music festival, also known as Vortex I: A Biodegradable Festival of Life, was a rock festival held at Milo McIver State Park near Estacada, Oregon. Members of Governor Tom McCall's staff, in collaboration with members of the Portland counterculture community, planned the state-sponsored festival. Vortex I officially ran from August 28, 1970, to September 3, 1970, to coincide with the American Legion annual convention held in Portland the same week.
Source: Robbins, William G. "Vortex I music festival." The Oregon Encyclopedia.
Collection was titled Vortex Festival photographic collection prior to August 2020.
Vortex I music festival photographs, Org. Lot 666, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
This collection consists of 17 black-and-white photographs of attendees and performers at the Vortex I music festival held at Milo McIver State Park near Estacada, Oregon, in 1970. The photographs depict crowds arriving at the festival, performers on stage, audience members dancing, and attendees sunbathing in the park.
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