967.05.30 Hullabaloo, Hollywood, CA. Photographs By Barbara Gray

When The Doors came together, “a diamond was formed. And it was clear and hard and luminous.” – Ray Manzarek

The Doors by Gene Trindl. During a  public photo  shoot for "Elektra Records", Los Angeles, California, late Summer-early Fall, 1966

The Doors 1967.09.14 Musicarnival, Warrensville Heights, OH

The Doors by Bobbi Klein, 1967

On February 22, 1967, The Doors' performed at the Valley Music Theater in Woodland Hills, California George Washington's Birthday Bash. This event takes place as a fundraiser & awareness concert for teenagers and the public following the Sunset Strip riots. The doors played first.  🔻February 22, 1967, Woodland Hills, California, photo by Jean Trindl

1967.09.08 Lagoon Patio Gardens, Farmington, Utah. 📷 Mikel Covey

Jim Morrison, Dorothy Manzarek, Ray's mother Helen Manzarek, and Thor (Jim Manzarek's dog). Palos Verdes, California, 1965. 📷From the archive of Ray Manzarek

On July 13, 1967, The Doors performed at Oakland Civic Auditorium, Oakland, California. Photos by Edward Halley.   

The Endless quest a vigil

of watchtowers and fortresses

against the sea and time.

Have they won? Perhaps.

They still stand and in

their silent rooms still wander

the souls of the dead,

who keep their watch on the living.

Soon enough we shall join them.

Soon enough we shall walk

the walls of time. We shall

miss nothing

except each other.

(Jim Morrison, THE VILLAGE TAPES, WILDERNESS)

🔻January-February 1967, Bronson Caves, Los Angeles, California. Photographer Bobby Klein

Wonderful & magic winter ❤️

Van Nuys CA. Birmingham High School Stadium. May 20th 1967  © Joe Klein.

🔻The Doors join the bill for a fundraiser for the local High School. This concert is notable as it is the bands first major outdoor concert with more than 15,000 attending.  A third of the crowd leaves after The Doors set. They are 2nd billing to Jefferson Airplane but that will be turned on it's head once Light My Fire, released the previous month, takes off and hits #1.