A Hells Angel salute, 1965. Bill Ray—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
"Buzzard" prepares to leave Bakersfield as cops and townspeople watch, 1965. Bill Ray—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
"Buzzard" and an old lady, California, 1965. Bill Ray—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
Biker chick, California, 1965. Bill Ray—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
Bikers (including Sonny, left, with a bandaged head) and their old ladies, California, 1965. Bill Ray—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
A Hells Angel -- with his old lady holding on tight -- pulls a wheelie in downtown Bakersfield, Calif., as his friends watch, 1965. Bill Ray—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
From writer Joe Bride's notes: "An Angel is frisked.... Cops were mainly looking for his stash of unrolled marijuana, and didn't find any. It was inside the seat pad [of the bike he was riding.]"Bill Ray—Time & Life…
A biker named Roseberry is fingerprinted, 1965. Bill Ray—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
A biker named Roseberry sports a "one percenter" patch -- a badge of honor for the Angels and other motorcycle clubs whose members revel in and celebrate their outlaw status, 1965. Bill Ray—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
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