Ken Kesey & Neal Cassady on the bus, summer 1964

 

Some of the Pranksters, including Ken Babbs (second from left), Ken Kesey (third from left), Neal Cassady (second from right) and Paula Sundsten (aka Gretchen' Fetchin')

Pages from Neal Cassady letter to Jack Kerouac, early 1950s

Kesey

Kenn Babbs (aka Intrepid Traveler) & Neal Cassady (aka Sir Speed Limit)

Kesey & Babbs

Ken Babbs in Vietnam

Tripping in Arizona when the bus got stuck in sand.

Cathy Casano (aka Stark Naked) with Cassady, tripping and waiting for the bus to be rescued

Cassady with Jack Kerouac, early 1950s

Kerouac at the Prankster party, July 1964

A Prankster verdict on the World's Fair

The Pranksters at Millbrook, waiting for Leary

Timothy Leary with Neal Cassady in the bus

Further, the bus in 1966

Original Prankster credo: Nothing lasts.