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Themis photoshot taken by Raneanne Rubenstein in November 1969.

(L-R from the first picture): fashion designer and Pam's helper in the boutique, Tere Tereba; Jim Morrison, who bought Themis for Pam; Pam; below them with long hear and beard: Lee Dunholter, he designed the ceiling by putting some different kind of mirrors; Michale Bedard, a friend of them, almost cut out from the photo; Vaya Warren, the blonde guy, he was a hairdresser, wonder if he had styled Pam's hair in this session.

In some of the photos you can see an old man with them, we still don't know his identity...

Larger photos from the previous published, these photos come from worthpoint, you can find them here, here and here.

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Pam, Jim, Michael Bedard, Lee Dunholter, Tere Tereba, and Vaya Warren hot by Raeanne Rubenstein at Pam's boutique Themis. November 1969.

We’re back…

…and we plan to be around much, much more often.

Newly released photographs taken at Pamela’s shop Themis. 

Top image edited by us for clarity.

Please be patient with us over the next several days as we try to answer as many questions as possible.

We have lots to report to you guys, but the biggest thing right now is that we will be flying to Los Angeles later this month to conduct interviews, purchase materials, and tour Jim and Pam’s universe to expand our work on the book project.

Thank you for your patience and for sticking around! We love you!

Rae and Alix.

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Jean de Breteuil (seated, right) smokes a blunt with friends in L.A., aged 18, 1968, filmed on Super 8 by Lee Dunholter.

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Pam and Jim pictured in November 1969 by Raeanne Rubenstein at Pam's boutique Themis. L-R: Lee Dunholter, Jim, Tere Tereba, Michael Bedard, Pam and hairdresser Vaya Warren.

Scan from the book The Doors by The Doors and Ben Fong-Torres. Hyperion books, 2006.

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Pam and Jim pictured in November 1969 by Raeanne Rubenstein at Pam's boutique Themis. L-R: Lee Dunholter, Jim, Michael Bedard, Pam and hairdresser Vaya Warren.

Pam was very fashion conscious and Jim agreed to finance a Boutique for her. Themis was Pamela Courson's clothing boutique located in 947 North La Cienaga Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, which she ran from 1969 to 1971. Originally they wanted to call it "Fucking Great" but for unknown reasons, Pam settled on "Themis", the name of the Greek goddess of divine order, law, and custom.

The boutique had odd hours, as Themis  designer Tere Tereba said: “Themis was “incredibly exclusive” because it  was never open. You could count on one hand the times it was open”. 

Despite it's exclusivity, it was filled with fanciful clothes, jewelry, and decor picked out especially by Pamela on her travels to sell occasionally. It was more of a hangout for the beautiful people. It had  lots of richly colored tapestries on the walls, small mirrors and  feathers on the ceiling, tie-dyed dressing room curtains, lots of  candles, perfumes, incense and racks of clothes that were very European  with styles that had not yet gained popularity in the U.S. Some famous  people who shopped at Themis are Miles Davis, members of Three Dog  Night, and Sharon Tate.

"(Themis was) a romantic poetry den- not at all like any place you would  imagine being located in Southern California- more like something from  Paris”  Recalled Raeanne Rubenstein, the Themis photographer. 

"Pam mirrored the ceilings and then bought thousands of pheasant skins  and layered them onto the ceiling with mirrors.  It was all padded and  velvet.  Actually there weren't a lot of clothes. It was more of a place  to hang out than the normal kind of shop.  There were always a lot of  hip people hanging around and it reeked of dope." as contemporary boutique owner Mirandi Babitz remembers.

As Anne Marie, one of Pamela’s friends remembers “Jim wanting peacock feathers on the ceiling and Pamela wanting them on the walls. They both could not compromise so they had  them on both the walls and ceiling! It’s the first thing you notice when  you walked in. I think it was a genius idea. There were also many  mirrors and curtains on the doorways in different colors. Pamela also  had small colorful stuffed animals around. Horses, unicorns, monkeys...  all over the shop... you turned a corner, out popped a unicorn. Needless  to say my daughter who was two at the time loved going there. Pam  always gave her a stuffed toy when we visited."

Text from:   http://born-late.blogspot.com.es/2011/05/store-where-creatures-meet.html Very special thanks to:  http://iamthechildofthemoon.blogspot.com/search?q=themis

** Scan from a clipping bought at e-bay.

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Pam and Jim pictured in November 1969 by Raeanne Rubenstein at Pam's boutique Themis. L-R: Lee Dunholter, Jim, Tere Tereba, Michael Bedard, Pam and hairdresser Vaya Warren. Scan from Paris Match magazine, 25th April 1991.

Pam was very fashion conscious and Jim agreed to finance a Boutique for her. Themis was Pamela Courson's clothing boutique located in 947 North La Cienaga Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, which she ran from 1969 to 1971. Originally they wanted to call it "Fucking Great" but for unknown reasons, Pam settled on "Themis", the name of the Greek goddess of divine order, law, and custom.

The boutique had odd hours, as Themis  designer Tere Tereba said: “Themis was “incredibly exclusive” because it  was never open. You could count on one hand the times it was open”. 

Despite it's exclusivity, it was filled with fanciful clothes, jewelry, and decor picked out especially by Pamela on her travels to sell occasionally. It was more of a hangout for the beautiful people. It had  lots of richly colored tapestries on the walls, small mirrors and  feathers on the ceiling, tie-dyed dressing room curtains, lots of  candles, perfumes, incense and racks of clothes that were very European  with styles that had not yet gained popularity in the U.S. Some famous  people who shopped at Themis are Miles Davis, members of Three Dog  Night, and Sharon Tate.

"(Themis was) a romantic poetry den- not at all like any place you would  imagine being located in Southern California- more like something from  Paris”  Recalled Raeanne Rubenstein, the Themis photographer. 

"Pam mirrored the ceilings and then bought thousands of pheasant skins  and layered them onto the ceiling with mirrors.  It was all padded and  velvet.  Actually there weren't a lot of clothes. It was more of a place  to hang out than the normal kind of shop.  There were always a lot of  hip people hanging around and it reeked of dope." as contemporary boutique owner Mirandi Babitz remembers.

As Anne Marie, one of Pamela’s friends remembers “Jim wanting peacock feathers on the ceiling and Pamela wanting them on the walls. They both could not compromise so they had  them on both the walls and ceiling! It’s the first thing you notice when  you walked in. I think it was a genius idea. There were also many  mirrors and curtains on the doorways in different colors. Pamela also  had small colorful stuffed animals around. Horses, unicorns, monkeys...  all over the shop... you turned a corner, out popped a unicorn. Needless  to say my daughter who was two at the time loved going there. Pam  always gave her a stuffed toy when we visited."

Text from:   http://born-late.blogspot.com.es/2011/05/store-where-creatures-meet.html Very special thanks to:  http://iamthechildofthemoon.blogspot.com/search?q=themis

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November 1969 (L-R): Tere Tereba, Lee Dunholter, Jim & Pam, Vaya Warren (blonde guy) and Michael Bedard pictured by Raeanne Rubenstein in Pam's boutique Themis.

Pam was very fashion conscious and Jim agreed to finance a Boutique for her. Themis was Pamela Courson's clothing boutique located in 947 North La Cienaga Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, which she ran from 1969 to 1971. Originally they wanted to call it "Fucking Great" but for unknown reasons, Pam settled on "Themis", the name of the Greek goddess of divine order, law, and custom.

The boutique had odd hours, as Themis  designer Tere Tereba said: “Themis was “incredibly exclusive” because it  was never open. You could count on one hand the times it was open”. 

Despite it's exclusivity, it was filled with fanciful clothes, jewelry, and decor picked out especially by Pamela on her travels to sell occasionally. It was more of a hangout for the beautiful people. It had  lots of richly colored tapestries on the walls, small mirrors and  feathers on the ceiling, tie-dyed dressing room curtains, lots of  candles, perfumes, incense and racks of clothes that were very European  with styles that had not yet gained popularity in the U.S. Some famous  people who shopped at Themis are Miles Davis, members of Three Dog  Night, and Sharon Tate.

"(Themis was) a romantic poetry den- not at all like any place you would  imagine being located in Southern California- more like something from  Paris”  Recalled Raeanne Rubenstein, the Themis photographer. 

"Pam mirrored the ceilings and then bought thousands of pheasant skins  and layered them onto the ceiling with mirrors.  It was all padded and  velvet.  Actually there weren't a lot of clothes. It was more of a place  to hang out than the normal kind of shop.  There were always a lot of  hip people hanging around and it reeked of dope." as contemporary boutique owner Mirandi Babitz remembers.

As Anne Marie, one of Pamela’s friends remembers “Jim wanting peacock feathers on the ceiling and Pamela wanting them on the walls. They both could not compromise so they had  them on both the walls and ceiling! It’s the first thing you notice when  you walked in. I think it was a genius idea. There were also many  mirrors and curtains on the doorways in different colors. Pamela also  had small colorful stuffed animals around. Horses, unicorns, monkeys...  all over the shop... you turned a corner, out popped a unicorn. Needless  to say my daughter who was two at the time loved going there. Pam  always gave her a stuffed toy when we visited."

Text from:   http://born-late.blogspot.com.es/2011/05/store-where-creatures-meet.html Very special thanks to:  http://iamthechildofthemoon.blogspot.com/search?q=themis

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Photo from Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Digital Collections

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Rare photo from Themis, featuring Jim, Pam, Michael Bedard, Lee Dunholter, Tere Tereba, and Vaya Warren. Shot by Raeanne Rubenstein. November 1969.

Pam was very fashion conscious and Jim agreed to finance a Boutique for her. Themis was Pamela Courson's clothing boutique located in 947 North La Cienaga Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, which she ran from 1969 to 1971. Originally they wanted to call it "Fucking Great" but for unknown reasons, Pam settled on "Themis", the name of the Greek goddess of divine order, law, and custom.

The boutique had odd hours, as Themis  designer Tere Tereba said: “Themis was “incredibly exclusive” because it  was never open. You could count on one hand the times it was open”.  

Despite it's exclusivity, it was filled with fanciful clothes, jewelry, and decor picked out especially by Pamela on her travels to sell occasionally. It was more of a hangout for the beautiful people. It had  lots of richly colored tapestries on the walls, small mirrors and  feathers on the ceiling, tie-dyed dressing room curtains, lots of  candles, perfumes, incense and racks of clothes that were very European  with styles that had not yet gained popularity in the U.S. Some famous  people who shopped at Themis are Miles Davis, members of Three Dog  Night, and Sharon Tate.

"(Themis was) a romantic poetry den- not at all like any place you would  imagine being located in Southern California- more like something from  Paris”  Recalled Raeanne Rubenstein, the Themis photographer.  

"Pam mirrored the ceilings and then bought thousands of pheasant skins  and layered them onto the ceiling with mirrors.  It was all padded and  velvet.  Actually there weren't a lot of clothes. It was more of a place  to hang out than the normal kind of shop.  There were always a lot of  hip people hanging around and it reeked of dope." as contemporary boutique owner Mirandi Babitz remembers.

As Anne Marie, one of Pamela’s friends remembers “Jim wanting peacock feathers on the ceiling and Pamela wanting them on the walls. They both could not compromise so they had  them on both the walls and ceiling! It’s the first thing you notice when  you walked in. I think it was a genius idea. There were also many  mirrors and curtains on the doorways in different colors. Pamela also  had small colorful stuffed animals around. Horses, unicorns, monkeys...  all over the shop... you turned a corner, out popped a unicorn. Needless  to say my daughter who was two at the time loved going there. Pam  always gave her a stuffed toy when we visited."

Text from:   http://born-late.blogspot.com.es/2011/05/store-where-creatures-meet.html Very special thanks to:  http://iamthechildofthemoon.blogspot.com/search?q=themis

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Please if you use it credit https://www.facebook.com/pamelacoursonbook/ thank you very much!! ^^

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Pam and Jim pictured in November 1969 by Raeanne Rubenstein at Pam's boutique Themis. L-R: hairdresser Vaya Warren, Lee Dunholter, Jim, Tere Tereba, Michael Bedard and Pam.

Pam was very fashion conscious and Jim agreed to finance a Boutique for her. Themis was Pamela Courson's clothing boutique located in 947 North La Cienaga Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, which she ran from 1969 to 1971. Originally they wanted to call it "Fucking Great" but for unknown reasons, Pam settled on "Themis", the name of the Greek goddess of divine order, law, and custom.

The boutique had odd hours, as Themis  designer Tere Tereba said: “Themis was “incredibly exclusive” because it  was never open. You could count on one hand the times it was open”.  

Despite it's exclusivity, it was filled with fanciful clothes, jewelry, and decor picked out especially by Pamela on her travels to sell occasionally. It was more of a hangout for the beautiful people. It had  lots of richly colored tapestries on the walls, small mirrors and  feathers on the ceiling, tie-dyed dressing room curtains, lots of  candles, perfumes, incense and racks of clothes that were very European  with styles that had not yet gained popularity in the U.S. Some famous  people who shopped at Themis are Miles Davis, members of Three Dog  Night, and Sharon Tate.

"(Themis was) a romantic poetry den- not at all like any place you would  imagine being located in Southern California- more like something from  Paris”  Recalled Raeanne Rubenstein, the Themis photographer.  

"Pam mirrored the ceilings and then bought thousands of pheasant skins  and layered them onto the ceiling with mirrors.  It was all padded and  velvet.  Actually there weren't a lot of clothes. It was more of a place  to hang out than the normal kind of shop.  There were always a lot of  hip people hanging around and it reeked of dope." as contemporary boutique owner Mirandi Babitz remembers.

As Anne Marie, one of Pamela’s friends remembers “Jim wanting peacock feathers on the ceiling and Pamela wanting them on the walls. They both could not compromise so they had  them on both the walls and ceiling! It’s the first thing you notice when  you walked in. I think it was a genius idea. There were also many  mirrors and curtains on the doorways in different colors. Pamela also  had small colorful stuffed animals around. Horses, unicorns, monkeys...  all over the shop... you turned a corner, out popped a unicorn. Needless  to say my daughter who was two at the time loved going there. Pam  always gave her a stuffed toy when we visited."

Text from:   http://born-late.blogspot.com.es/2011/05/store-where-creatures-meet.html Very special thanks to:  http://iamthechildofthemoon.blogspot.com/search?q=themis

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Full uncropped pic showing the two men behind Tere Tereba. Does anybody know the identity of the old man? From www.worthpoint.com

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November 1969: Tere Tereba, Lee Dunholter, Jim & Pam, Vaya Warren, Michael Bedard and an unidentifyed old man with glasses pictured by Raeanne Rubenstein in Pam's boutique Themis.

Pam was very fashion conscious and Jim agreed to finance a Boutique for her. Themis was Pamela Courson's clothing boutique located in 947 North La Cienaga Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, which she ran from 1969 to 1971. Originally they wanted to call it "Fucking Great" but for unknown reasons, Pam settled on "Themis", the name of the Greek goddess of divine order, law, and custom.

The boutique had odd hours, as Themis  designer Tere Tereba said: “Themis was “incredibly exclusive” because it  was never open. You could count on one hand the times it was open”. 

Despite it's exclusivity, it was filled with fanciful clothes, jewelry, and decor picked out especially by Pamela on her travels to sell occasionally. It was more of a hangout for the beautiful people. It had  lots of richly colored tapestries on the walls, small mirrors and  feathers on the ceiling, tie-dyed dressing room curtains, lots of  candles, perfumes, incense and racks of clothes that were very European  with styles that had not yet gained popularity in the U.S. Some famous  people who shopped at Themis are Miles Davis, members of Three Dog  Night, and Sharon Tate.

"(Themis was) a romantic poetry den- not at all like any place you would  imagine being located in Southern California- more like something from  Paris”  Recalled Raeanne Rubenstein, the Themis photographer. 

"Pam mirrored the ceilings and then bought thousands of pheasant skins  and layered them onto the ceiling with mirrors.  It was all padded and  velvet.  Actually there weren't a lot of clothes. It was more of a place  to hang out than the normal kind of shop.  There were always a lot of  hip people hanging around and it reeked of dope." as contemporary boutique owner Mirandi Babitz remembers.

As Anne Marie, one of Pamela’s friends remembers “Jim wanting peacock feathers on the ceiling and Pamela wanting them on the walls. They both could not compromise so they had  them on both the walls and ceiling! It’s the first thing you notice when  you walked in. I think it was a genius idea. There were also many  mirrors and curtains on the doorways in different colors. Pamela also  had small colorful stuffed animals around. Horses, unicorns, monkeys...  all over the shop... you turned a corner, out popped a unicorn. Needless  to say my daughter who was two at the time loved going there. Pam  always gave her a stuffed toy when we visited."

Text from:   http://born-late.blogspot.com.es/2011/05/store-where-creatures-meet.html Very special thanks to:  http://iamthechildofthemoon.blogspot.com/search?q=themis

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Photo from Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Digital Collections

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November 1969: Pam, Jim, Vaya Warren, Tere Tereba, Lee Dunholter and Michael Bedard pictured by Raeanne Rubenstein in Pam's boutique Themis.

Pam was very fashion conscious and Jim agreed to finance a Boutique for her. Themis was Pamela Courson's clothing boutique located in 947 North La Cienaga Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, which she ran from 1969 to 1971. Originally they wanted to call it "Fucking Great" but for unknown reasons, Pam settled on "Themis", the name of the Greek goddess of divine order, law, and custom.

The boutique had odd hours, as Themis  designer Tere Tereba said: “Themis was “incredibly exclusive” because it  was never open. You could count on one hand the times it was open”. 

Despite it's exclusivity, it was filled with fanciful clothes, jewelry, and decor picked out especially by Pamela on her travels to sell occasionally. It was more of a hangout for the beautiful people. It had  lots of richly colored tapestries on the walls, small mirrors and  feathers on the ceiling, tie-dyed dressing room curtains, lots of  candles, perfumes, incense and racks of clothes that were very European  with styles that had not yet gained popularity in the U.S. Some famous  people who shopped at Themis are Miles Davis, members of Three Dog  Night, and Sharon Tate.

"(Themis was) a romantic poetry den- not at all like any place you would  imagine being located in Southern California- more like something from  Paris”  Recalled Raeanne Rubenstein, the Themis photographer. 

"Pam mirrored the ceilings and then bought thousands of pheasant skins  and layered them onto the ceiling with mirrors.  It was all padded and  velvet.  Actually there weren't a lot of clothes. It was more of a place  to hang out than the normal kind of shop.  There were always a lot of  hip people hanging around and it reeked of dope." as contemporary boutique owner Mirandi Babitz remembers.

As Anne Marie, one of Pamela’s friends remembers “Jim wanting peacock feathers on the ceiling and Pamela wanting them on the walls. They both could not compromise so they had  them on both the walls and ceiling! It’s the first thing you notice when  you walked in. I think it was a genius idea. There were also many  mirrors and curtains on the doorways in different colors. Pamela also  had small colorful stuffed animals around. Horses, unicorns, monkeys...  all over the shop... you turned a corner, out popped a unicorn. Needless  to say my daughter who was two at the time loved going there. Pam  always gave her a stuffed toy when we visited."

Text from:   http://born-late.blogspot.com.es/2011/05/store-where-creatures-meet.html Very special thanks to:  http://iamthechildofthemoon.blogspot.com/search?q=themis

**

Photo from Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Digital Collections

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Pam and Jim pictured in November 1969 by Raeanne Rubenstein at Pam's boutique Themis. L-R: hairdresser Vaya Warren , Lee Dunholter, Jim, Tere Tereba and Pam.

Right pic orientatrion and enlarged by using Remini App.

Enjoy!

This picture was scanned from a magazine that Alix and Rae bought. They run the page  http://pamelacourson.tumblr.com/  Show some etiquette and credit the rightful source! Raeanne Rubenstein took the picture and you can credit her of course but it’s common sense and good internet etiquette that you should also credit the person who took the time to buy the magazine and actually scan the picture!         

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All Themis pics have been untagged, and we think all Pam pics posted by us are untagged, but please if you find some pic that we tagged, let us know and we will untag it, thank you so much!!

We don't untag the pics someone else did, although we think everybody deserves to see the pics just as they were taken.

Enjoy!

Pam, Jim, Tere Tereba, hairdresser Vaya Warren, Lee Dunholter & Michael Bedard pictured in Themis boutique by Raeanne Rubenstein circa November 1969.

Pam was very fashion conscious and Jim agreed to finance a Boutique for her. Themis was Pamela Courson’s clothing boutique located in 947 North La Cienaga Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, which she ran from 1969 to 1971. Originally they wanted to call it “Fucking Great” but for unknown reasons, Pam settled on “Themis”, the name of the Greek goddess of divine order, law, and custom.

The boutique had odd hours, as Themis  designer Tere Tereba said: “Themis was “incredibly exclusive” because it  was never open. You could count on one hand the times it was open”. 

Despite it’s exclusivity, it was filled with fanciful clothes, jewelry, and decor picked out especially by Pam on her travels to sell occasionally. It was more of a hangout for the beautiful people. It had  lots of richly colored tapestries on the walls, small mirrors and  feathers on the ceiling, tie-dyed dressing room curtains, lots of  candles, perfumes, incense and racks of clothes that were very European  with styles that had not yet gained popularity in the U.S. Some famous  people who shopped at Themis are Miles Davis, members of Three Dog  Night, and Sharon Tate.

“(Themis was) a romantic poetry den- not at all like any place you would  imagine being located in Southern California- more like something from  Paris”  Recalled Raeanne Rubenstein, the Themis photographer. 

"Pam mirrored the ceilings and then bought thousands of pheasant skins  and layered them onto the ceiling with mirrors.  It was all padded and  velvet.  Actually there weren’t a lot of clothes. It was more of a place  to hang out than the normal kind of shop.  There were always a lot of  hip people hanging around and it reeked of dope.” as contemporary boutique owner Mirandi Babitz remembers.

As Anne Marie, one of Pam’s friends remembers “Jim wanting peacock feathers on the ceiling and Pamela wanting them on the walls. They both could not compromise so they had  them on both the walls and ceiling! It’s the first thing you notice when  you walked in. I think it was a genius idea. There were also many  mirrors and curtains on the doorways in different colors. Pamela also  had small colorful stuffed animals around. Horses, unicorns, monkeys…  all over the shop… you turned a corner, out popped a unicorn. Needless  to say my daughter who was two at the time loved going there. Pam  always gave her a stuffed toy when we visited.“

Text from:   http://born-late.blogspot.com.es/2011/05/store-where-creatures-meet.html 

 Very special thanks to:  http://iamthechildofthemoon.blogspot.com/search?q=themis

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Scans from a 1990s Finnish magazine. 

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