Photo: Bob Dylan on these Liverpool steps in 1966

On May 14, 1966, photographer Barry Feinstein -- accompanying Bob Dylan on his controversial world tour -- brought Dylan to Dublin Street in the Vauxhall district of Liverpool's north docklands, where he photographed the musician sitting on the front steps of a terrace house, surrounded by local children playing in the street. The session was spontaneous. Feinstein recalled: 'We were down in this area and all these kids were around. I said to Bob, let's have a picture of them.' Many of the children's parents were reportedly indoors watching Everton's FA Cup Final comeback at Wembley. Dylan performed at the Liverpool Odeon that evening.

The photograph was not published until 1999, when it appeared in Feinstein's book Early Dylan and subsequently in bootleg release materials. It has since become one of the most reproduced informal images from the 1966 tour -- a quiet counterpoint to the combative atmosphere of the concerts themselves, in which Dylan faced nightly booing from folk audiences hostile to his electric band. Dublin Street in the 1960s was a dense working-class docklands community; the Brown Cow pub sat on the corner of Dublin Street and Great Howard Street, visible in the background of some frames.

Dublin Street still exists and the corner with Great Howard Street is publicly accessible. The docklands area now forms part of Liverpool's Ten Streets regeneration zone. The steps themselves have not been formally commemorated. Fan researchers have located and photographed the modern equivalent of the scene, noting it remains recognisable despite the changes around it.