Here's What NYC Looked Like In 1968, The Current Year In <em>Mad Men</em>
16 photos
"A group of young people singing and making music in Washington Square Park, part of New York's Greenwich Park. 1968."
"Student demonstration and riot at Columbia University, New York City, April 24, 1968."
"American Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks at a press conference for Clergy & Laymen Concerned About Vietnam, held at the Belmont Plaza Hotel, New York City, January 12, 1968. He announced the Poor People's March On Washington at this event."
"Women hold up signs demanding equal rights during a demonstration for women's liberation, New York City, circa 1968."
"A woman modelling a dress emblazoned with peace symbols and 'Love' sunglasses in New York." Don mentions his disdain for the branding of "LOVE."
"American activist Mark Rudd (C), president of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), addresses students at Columbia University, May 3, 1968."
"12th July 1968: Lisa Adams at her stall in Lexington Avenue, New York, where she encourages passers by to sign a petition organised by the Emergency Committee for Gun Control in Manhattan. The petition calls for tighter laws following recent assassinations."
"Birth Control information which is shortly to be displayed on New York buses is held up for scrutiny by Marcia Goldstein, the publicity director of Planned Parenthood." (This photo was taken at the end of 1967.)
"13th December 1968: Kangaroo cranes in position at the excavation site for the World Trade Center (World Trade Centre) in New York."
"11th November 1968: The skyline of Manhattan seen from Governors Island."
"19th March 1968: Senator Robert Kennedy, a candidate for the United States Presidency walking down Fifth Avnue, New York surounded by photographers and political supporters."
"Richard Burton and his wife Elizabeth Taylor arrive at the Rainbow Room at the top of the RCA building, for a gala after-theatre party to celebrate the Broadway premiere of Hamlet with Burton in the title role. 1968."
"American tennis player Arthur Ashe is congratulated by his father Arthur Ashe, Sr. at center court at the West Side Tennis Club after winning the first ever US Open, Forest Hills, New York, September 9, 1968. Ashe, 25, is the first Black player to win a Grand Slam title, but due to his amateur status, he will not receive the $14,000 prize money."
"American political activist Abbott 'Abbie' Hoffman raises a fist from behind a bank of microphones during an unidentified rally in New York, late 1960s."
"The new circular Madison Square Garden arena in New York, 21st February 1968." One of Don Draper's previous clients.
"Champion Stingray of Derryabah, aka Skipper, a British Lakeland Terrier, wins Best In Show at the 92nd Westminster Kennel Club show at Madison Square Gardens, New York City, February 1968. Skipper also won at Crufts in 1967. He is pictured with chief judge Major B. Godsol (left) and handler Peter Green."