Photos: "Outta sight" Tucson Hippie Wedding in 1968
"Outta sight music blared continuously" from a small apartment on 1st Ave. in Tucson as a young couple got married in the style of the 60s on May 3, 1968. Yes, it's been 50 years. Photos by Bruce Hopkins / Tucson Citizen.
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1968 Hippie Wedding
Newlyweds Clyde Pitts and Roxanne Carnes share a kiss as the couple celebrate their nuptial at a home on May 3, 1968.
1968 Hippie Wedding
Bride Roxanne Carnes, left in veil, and groom Clyde Pitts, go over some paper work with R.S. Beal, Sr., a Baptist minister as the couple get married at a home on May 3, 1968. The nuptial took place at 819 N. First Avenue crowded with well-wishers, many of whom were barefoot and with some of the men shirtless.
1968 Hippie Wedding
A room full of guests surround R.S. Beal, Sr., a Baptist minister as he presides over the marriage of Clyde Pitts and Roxanne Carnes at a home on May 3, 1968.
1968 Hippie Wedding
Wedding guests make themselves at home during the services for Roxanne Carnes and Clyde Pitts at a home on May 3, 1968. The nuptial took place at 819 N. First Avenue crowded with well-wishers, many of whom were barefoot and with some of the men shirtless. Beer flowed in paper cups both during and after the service. There was also a presence of marijuana on the premises which was duly noted by the invited journalists.
1968 Hippie Wedding
A helmeted reveler gives some bubbly in paper cups to Clyde Pitts and his bride Roxanne Carnes as the couple celebrate their wedding at a home on May 3, 1968. The nuptial took place at 819 N. First Avenue crowded with well-wishers, many of whom were barefoot and with some of the men shirtless. Beer also flowed in paper cups both during and after the service.
1968 Hippie Wedding
Some guests find a nice quiet place on the floor where they could have a smoke while with some pets as Roxanne Carnes and Clyde Pitts. The nuptial took place at 819 N. First Avenue crowded with well-wishers. Beer flowed in paper cups both during and after the service. There was also a presence of marijuana on the premises which was duly noted by the invited journalists.
1968 Hippie Wedding
The party continues outside during the wedding celebration of Roxanne Carnes and Clyde Pitts at 819 N. First Avenue. The event was crowded with well-wishers, many of whom were barefoot and with some of the men shirtless. Beer flowed in paper cups both during and after the service.
1968 Hippie Wedding
The wedding banquet is served as Roxanne Carnes and Clyde Pitts share their bounty with friends at a home at 819 N. First Ave., on May 3, 1968.
1968 Hippie Wedding
Baptist minister R.S. Beal, Sr, foreground, leads the way as rice falls on newly married Roxanne Carnes and Clyde Pitts at a home on May 3, 1968. The nuptial took place at 819 N. First Avenue and was crowded with well-wishers.
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