Black and white photograph of Janis Ian climbing on Alice in Wonderland sculpture with two young children. Photograph taken in August 1967 by Douglas R. Gilbert for LIFE magazine. Scanned form the negative.

Black and white photograph of Janis Ian climbing on Alice in Wonderland sculpture. Photograph taken in August 1967 by Douglas R. Gilbert for LIFE magazine. Scanned form the negative.

Black and white photograph of Janis Ian leaning out the window of an apartment building. Photograph taken in August 1967 by Douglas R. Gilbert for LIFE magazine. Scanned form the negative. Photograph taken in August 1967 by Douglas R. Gilbert for…

Black and white photograph of Janis Ian seated on the steps of a building as blurred people walk in the foreground.

Black and white photograph of Janis Ian standing on a busy sidewalk. Photograph taken in August 1967 by Douglas R. Gilbert for LIFE magazine. Scanned form the negative.

Black and white photograph of Janis Ian standing on a busy sidewalk. Photograph taken in August 1967 by Douglas R. Gilbert for LIFE magazine. Scanned form the negative.

Black and white photograph of Janis Ian walking in the arms of another young woman in a recording studio. Photograph taken in August 1967 by Douglas R. Gilbert for LIFE magazine. Scanned form the negative.

Black and white photograph of Janis Ian standing in a hallway with another young woman. Photograph taken in August 1967 by Douglas R. Gilbert for LIFE magazine. Scanned form the negative.

Black and white photograph of Janis Ian and two other young women in the recording studio. Photograph taken in August 1967 by Douglas R. Gilbert for LIFE magazine. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph of Janis Ian with producer George "Shadow" Morton. Photograph taken in August 1967 by Douglas R. Gilbert for LIFE magazine. Scanned form the negative.

Black and white photograph of Janis Ian sitting at a piano in August 1967 by Douglas R. Gilbert for LIFE magazine. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph of Janis Ian playing piano and singing in a recording studio. Photograph taken in August 1967 by Douglas R. Gilbert for LIFE magazine. Scanned from the negative.