Thursday, October 1, 2015

Stunning Vintage Photos Reveal Hawaii's Hippie Treehouse Community

From 1969 to 1977, the hippies at Taylor Camp on Kauai lived in treehouses, preferred to go nude, and smoked a lot of weed.

In the late 1960s, a rag-tag group started to camp out on the beach in Kauai, and over the next several years, built a community of treehouses known as Taylor Camp.

In the late 1960s, a rag-tag group started to camp out on the beach in Kauai, and over the next several years, built a community of treehouses known as Taylor Camp.

The camp was named for its benefactor — Howard Taylor, the brother of Elizabeth Taylor — who let the hippies take over a 7-acre parcel in 1969 along Kauai's North Shore after he was told by the state he would not be allowed to build on it.

The camp was named for its benefactor — Howard Taylor, the brother of Elizabeth Taylor — who let the hippies take over a 7-acre parcel in 1969 along Kauai's North Shore after he was told by the state he would not be allowed to build on it.

John Wehrheim

The community didn't have any specific rules, but supported a clothing-optional lifestyle, developed a communal garden, and encouraged smoking marijuana.

The community didn't have any specific rules, but supported a clothing-optional lifestyle, developed a communal garden, and encouraged smoking marijuana.

John Wehrheim

They attempted a back to the land ideology, fishing and farming, while also relying on welfare and food stamps.

They attempted a back to the land ideology, fishing and farming, while also relying on welfare and food stamps.

Debi Green in the garden.

John Wehrheim


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