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This Instagram Account Shares Pictures From The 1970s, Shows Why It Was An Era Like No Other
The 1970s are often associated with Vietnam and Watergate, but there was also plenty of glamor between the wild fashion, TV stars like Farrah Fawcett, and the disco era.
So to get a better image of the decade, let's take a look at the aptly-titled Instagram account, 70s Archives. It shares photos that show not only how people looked in the period, but also what they were passionate about and how they spent their days.
After all, nothing paints a better picture of a place in time than those who inhabit it.
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#1
Robin Williams As The First Male Cheerleader For The Denver Broncos, 1979
May light defeat the darkness 3 years ago (edited)
I felt my heart ache when I came across this picture. Humanity needs beautiful people like Robin Williams.
Mickard 3 years ago
Amen! I remember where I was when they announced his death. Still devastated by the loss of this man
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Chant De Bie 3 years ago
Ah yes!! I was allready thinking about where I've seen that before.
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Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
I see Robin, I upvote. Will always love that man. I've seen this picture with no context WAY too many times, so here's the relevant part of the FULL "Mork and Mindy" ep this comes from ("Hold That Mork"), you're welcome! https://bit.ly/3PnUcy0
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#2
“The Right Man For The Job May Be A Woman” - Ruth Gordon Schnapp, The First Woman To Be Licensed As A Structural Engineer In California, Late 1970s
Jason Leaf 3 years ago
Future biopic producers need look no farther than Francis McDormund to play this role.
AndThenICommented 3 years ago
I remember growing up and thinking how heroic those women were, and of course they were. But now that I’m older and have worked almost exclusively in male dominated industries, I think how fundamentally sad it is that this changed in the 70’s
I’m A Black Cat 3 years ago
Wow really? That's rather late for emancipation. My mother got her degree as engineer in the late seventies in the former USSR and that was nothing special
Zana Skvorecky 3 years ago
Yes, it was a common thing after WWII in Yugoslavia, too.
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In some ways, the 1970s was a continuation of the 1960s: marginalized people continued their fight for equality, and many Americans joined the protest against the ongoing war in Vietnam.
However, the decade was at the same time a repudiation of the 1960s: there was a mobilization to defend political conservatism and traditional family roles, and the behavior of President Richard Nixon undermined many people's faith in the good intentions of the federal government.
By the end of the decade, these divisions and disappointments had set a tone for public life that many would argue still remains with us today.
#3
Dolly Parton In 1976
eff the haters 3 years ago (edited)
I think that was the point of the wig, so people would recognize her in public. Also, y'all stop downvoting asher. they will get banned for simply making a comment.
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#4
A Young Boy’s Reaction To Meeting André The Giant, 1970s
Shane G 3 years ago
No, that was me. I still say wow like a small child every time I see how big he was.
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Blackstone 3 years ago
What's better is Andre the Giant's reaction to meeting this little boy.
#5
Tim Curry As Dr. Frank-N-Furter In The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Yettichild 3 years ago
I mean Absolute Legend. He was also in the movie Legend.
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Amber Cook 3 years ago
Hells YEAH!! This man right here can play Frankenfurter, Penny Wise, the Buttler, the horrible hotel clerk or even a psychotic serial killer and make that character that much more in depth! This man is a legend, a treasure, and a smart a$$. How could anyone NOT love, or at least admire him?!
Craig Becker 3 years ago
He really is an amazingly talented individual. Hint: Google on Tim Curry SNL 1981 zucchini song
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Babsevs 3 years ago
He was a little brought down because....when you knocked.....he thought you were the "candyman" ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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Amber Cook 3 years ago
But maybe the rain, isn't really to blame! So I'll remove the cause, ...... but not the symptom!
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RH-8514 3 years ago
Disney own the rocky horror picture show so why isn't he a Disney princess?
Juliette Dauterive 3 years ago
Saw it in London, 1974. Went back to the States, couldn't talk anyone into seeing the movie.
Many Americans, particularly working class and middle class whites, responded to the turbulence of the late 1960s along with its urban riots and counterculture by embracing a new kind of conservative populism.
Sick and tired of what they interpreted as spoiled hippies and whining protestors, and an interfering government that, in their eyes, coddled poor people and black people at taxpayer expense, these individuals formed what political strategists called a "silent majority."
#6
Thomas Carey At San Diego's Gay Pride Day, 1978
#7
Freddie Mercury Of Queen In 1977. Photographed By Neal Preston
I Drink Your Milkshake! 3 years ago
I wanted to get married wearing a copy of this jumpsuit. The wife said no!
Rob Chapman 3 years ago
"Inside my heart is breaking, my makeup may be flaking, but my smile still stays on". The Show Must Go On.
#8
Cher In A Photoshoot For Her 1974 Album “Dark Lady” (By Richard Avedon)
Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
You mean the album cover itself? Man, I hope these '70s pics get a bit more in-depth than album covers and movie stills! For ref, not a pic of my actual 8-track as I literally played it to death. Cher-Dark-...4d65d7.jpg 
This silent majority swept President Richard Nixon into office in 1968, and almost immediately, Nixon began to dismantle the welfare state that had fostered such resentment.
He abolished as many parts of President Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty as he could, and made a show of his resistance to mandatory school desegregation plans such as busing.
However, some of Nixon’s domestic policies sound remarkably liberal even today.
#9
Harrison Ford In The Late 70s
Catherine Graffham 3 years ago
He was a carpenter before becoming an actor and when he was staying in someone’s house while filming Star Wars on location, he relaxed by fixing all their cupboards and things if they were wonky or not fitted properly
Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
Yeah, that's what I'm talking about, right there. SO glad I never saw this pic in the '70s when my 13-year-old self first fell for that loveable rascal Han Solo. My hormones would have exploded or whatever *swoon!*
#10
David Bowie In Paris, 1977 (By Christian Simonpietri)
Astridplayz 3 years ago
He looks like someone to have deep conversations with!!
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Meryl Streep In New York, 1979
Llama_flower93 3 years ago
Right? I was just thinking that. She's not only beautiful but so talented!
Load More Replies... LongCoolWomanInABlackDress 3 years ago
to me, she is the epitome of a classic beauty. Charming, cheerful, smart..
Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
Pretty sure this is from "Kramer vs Kramer", at least the timeline's right. Such a lovely lady, then and now.
For example, he proposed a Family Assistance Plan that would have guaranteed every American family an income of $1,600 a year (about $10,000 in today's money), and he urged Congress to pass a Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan that would have guaranteed affordable health care to all Americans.
In general, though, Nixon’s policies favored the interests of the middle class people who felt slighted by the Great Society of the 1960s.
#12
Lynda Carter As Wonder Woman 1975
Glitterati 3 years ago
I dunno, I feel like you’d get at least six atomic wedgies for every rescue you do. How come Batman and co got the Lycra tights while Wonder Woman probably got a yeast infection for her troubles.
Seedy Vine 3 years ago
Every time I'd watch her run in that top, I'd worry it was going to come down...
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Petra Moon 3 years ago (edited)
Random fact. When she ran in a scene her boots were heel less. She changed back into boots with high heels for other shots.
Ladytron 3 years ago
I imagine it's still a challenge with the strap-less top though!
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Deborah Harris 3 years ago
I wanted to be her, she was my first girly crush, she has the most incredible eyes x
#13
Jamie Lee Curtis Recreating The Iconic Shower Scene From The Movie “Psycho” (1960) That Starred Her Mother, Janet Leigh
Frank Hassler 3 years ago
I’m pretty sure this is Jamie Lee Curtis in the 1990’s or even 2000’s, not the ‘70’s.
Alice Landers 3 years ago
I read not sure if true but there was a stand-in Wasn't her in shower
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A reminder of what Jamie actually looked like in the '70s, here's a nice pic of her and her mother, Janet Leigh, in 1978. Jamie-Lee-...41ee5b.jpg 
Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
Great pic! From 2015, not the '70s. Oooo, so close! https://ew.com/article/2015/09/15/jamie-lee-curtis-scream-queens-psycho-shower-scene/
#14
Freddie Mercury Of Queen Wearing A Crown Backstage At Slane Castle, Ireland, 1986 (Photographed By Denis O’regan)
#15
Lisa & Louise Burns, Aka The Grady Twins From The Shining (1980), Posing In Their Costumes Outside The Wardrobe Department On Set
Sarah_Tonin 3 years ago
I had the pleasure of meeting these two at a horror con a few years ago. Lisa made a pass a my guy friend and joked about giving him her hotel key card. Absolutely hilarious and really fun women!
As the 1970s carried on, some of these people helped shape a new political movement known as the 'New Right.'
This movement, rooted in the suburban Sun Belt, celebrated the free market and lamented the decline of "traditional" social values and roles, resisting what they saw as government meddling.
For instance, they fought against high taxes, environmental regulations, highway speed limits, national park policies in the West (the so-called “Sagebrush Rebellion”), and affirmative action and school desegregation plans.
#16
Behind The Scenes From “Jaws” (1975)
SarahBee 3 years ago
They filmed the Jaws movies where I lived. They had two or three fake, full-sized sharks that they stored stacked up in one of the harbors. The arm they found on the beach at the beginning of the movie was a mannequin arm from my dad's store!
Hill Branda 3 years ago
One of the most frightening movies ever. I remember seeing people in the theater bring their feet up...like there would be a shark under their seats!. LOL
#17
Helen Mirren, 1970s
Sarah Stalder 3 years ago
Beautiful then-beautiful now. She refuses to 'act her age', stylistically speaking, and I love it.
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
I adore her, and quite surprised to learn that she was in the orgy scene in Caligula.
#18
A Wedding Party In Harlem, New York City, 1983 (By Thomas Hoepker)
Maria Mendez 3 years ago
I believe It was called 'mauve' back in the day...
Load More Replies... Blackheart 3 years ago
The 70s also had a lot of "rainbow weddings" where bridesmaids wore dresses of different colors.
Mykidsartrocks 3 years ago
Someone was crafty enough to take drapes and bed shams and turn them into dresses.
#19
Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight Attendants In The 70s
Jason Leaf 3 years ago
No one's mentioned the color-coordinated, bug-shaped beret the brunette is wearing?
Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago
They were a lot friendlier in those days but then so were the passengers. Probably because we weren't crammed in like a can of Pringles.
Zobi123 3 years ago
No the passengers were sexually harassing them and the flight attendants just had to put up with it.
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Linda Roeleveld 3 years ago
My mom made herself and us an outfit like this, the bottom is probably a short short.
Load More Replies... But during the 1970s, many Americans continued to fight for expanded social and political rights. In 1972, after years of feminist campaigns, Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the Constitution, which says: "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex."
At first, it seemed that the Amendment would pass easily as 22 of the necessary 38 states ratified it right away. The remaining states seemed close behind, however, the ERA alarmed many conservative activists, who feared that it would undermine traditional gender roles. So these activists mobilized against the Amendment and managed to defeat it—in 1977, Indiana became the 35th–and last–state to ratify the ERA.
Such disappointments encouraged many activists to turn away from politics. They began to build feminist communities and organizations of their own: art galleries and bookstores, consciousness-raising groups, daycare and women’s health collectives (such as the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, which published “Our Bodies, Ourselves” in 1973), and abortion clinics.
#20
Dolly Parton
Fraxinus excelsior 3 years ago
Maybe her other half likes shoes in bed? Some like boots
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#21
Young Princess Diana, 1970s
Michelle M 3 years ago
I immediately knew she was the one. I had a copy of her biography (Diana, Princess of Wales) and it had many pictures of her childhood and teenage years. She was very beautiful. Unfortunately, a friend stole it from me and still denies it till this day.
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Mickie Shea 3 years ago
So much tragic in her eyes. so innocent, A great loss to Britain, her family and all.
#22
New York City, 1975 (By Joel Meyerowitz)
Fraxinus excelsior 3 years ago
chika wawa Isaac Hayes type music pops into my head, seriously 😎
Sue Phillips 3 years ago
Don't twist your ankle in those shoes. I've done it, and you end up staggering all over the place looking like a spaz.
#23
Paul, Mary, & Heather Mccartney In Scotland, 1970 (Photographed By Linda Mccartney)
Irishwoman abroad 3 years ago
Now those are more like the everyday clothes people wore! What a nice, happy photo of Paul.
Brandi Delph 3 years ago
Ugh. I'm having flashbacks to corduroy pants. So loud. Swip swip swip swip
Fashion in the 1970s was a reflection of social life, and focused heavily on individuality. In fact, it was so varied and experimental that Vogue famously proclaimed, "There are no rules in the fashion game now."
From flares and bell sleeves to shearling coats and miniskirts, the era gave birth to an eclectic style that also helped the rise of disco.
#24
Robin Williams, 1977
Missy Missy 3 years ago
Mork and Mindy. I'd know those suspenders anywhere! Lol
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Spikey Bunny 3 years ago
I was in his house once... got to touch the life size poster cut out of him in the suspenders & one story I'll save for friends... Such a sweet man & a LEGAND!!!
setsuriseikou 3 years ago
No, it's Belarusian, though it does say "Moscow University" and has a picture of an Orthodox church
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Mr. Pigeon 3 years ago
wasn't he Russian Jew?!?!.. a Jewish friend of mine told me that. I know he spoke it fluently
#25
Liza Minnelli And Carrie Fisher At Studio 54 In New York (1970s)
Tim 3 years ago
Also, 21 wasn't the cutoff age until the 80s. It was 18 before then.
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Jason Leaf 3 years ago
Liza to Carrie: "Did him, did him, don't wanna do him, did him, will do him."
Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
Not from what I've heard about Liza, lol! Carrie maybe ;-)
Load More Replies... Mr. Pigeon 3 years ago
well s**t drew berrymore used to go to studio 54 and she was just a lil thing...her mom used to drag her there...
#26
Cher, 1973
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
For her Half-Breed album? (Consider the context of the times, please, before you stand in judgment and condemn—-we have, or rather had, come a long way since then, though some idiots now seem to want to backslide right into those bad old days again).
Wednesday Anderson 3 years ago
When I was real little, I used to watch Sonny & Cher. I wanted to be Cher so bad. Her hair was so pretty. So I got a Cher Barbie and a long, black wig. I was happy until my mom gave my wig to my next door neighbor. That is another story.
Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
Another cover, this time from Cher's 1973 album, "Half-Breed". Cher-signe...db-png.jpg 
#27
Susan Sarandon In The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Nathaniel 3 years ago (edited)
This film left me with confused feelings. Never knew men in suspenders could be sexy. I had to ask myself some questions.
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Irishwoman abroad 3 years ago
Who else went to the cinema in the 80s to sing (and shout) along, throw toast, put up umbrellas and get up and dance? Best movie nights ever!
#28
Ellen O’Neal Skateboarding In The 1970s
Joe Smith 3 years ago
Especially on those little tiny skateboards. That makes it even more impressive.
Load More Replies... Jason Leaf 3 years ago
Hang ten on a skateboard with no knee or elbow pads. That's confidence!
Nimues Child 3 years ago
Heh. This was when it was uncool to wear helmets and knee/elbow pads. I had to wear a helmet horseback riding after a concussion and endured weeks of teasing until I could take it off.
#29
Anjelica Huston Modeling At Halston's Fall Ready-To-Wear Collection In 1972
Liz Drachnik 3 years ago
Anjelica was a babe back in the day - as were we all. we didnt know how good we had it in the 70s. we bashed it for the polyester and the disco...but seriously....those were some good times.
New Everywhere 3 years ago
Aaah fun fashion shows. I just saw clips of a very recent one and the vibe was miserable.
#30
Abba, 1974 (By Wolfgang Heilemann)
Charlie 3 years ago
Fun fact, if this is true: "A ABBA biography reveals that ABBA actually got a tax benefit for donning outrageous outfits. Swedish tax laws allowed the cost of their costumes to be deducted against tax, but only if they were wild enough that they could not be worn for everyday use."
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Deutschland Mädchen 3 years ago
🎶young and sweet🎶 (I literally heard this song this morning!)
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Tiki Stanford 3 years ago
Looks like it will be incredibly uncomfortable when she gets back on the ground....
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Sleeping Solipsist 3 years ago (edited)
I had no idea those jumpsuits were pink!??!?? They look great! I wouldn't even have the confidence to wear a revealing fabric in bed but they* look fab!
#31
David Bowie And Elizabeth Taylor In 1975 (By Terry O’neill)
Debbie Barnes 3 years ago
I love this photo and never knew that Elizabeth Taylor had met Bowie, never mind had a photo took together... Love this! :)
Suz66 3 years ago
Me too, I can't believe I've never seen this photo before.
Load More Replies... Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
Apparently, Liz set up the meeting with Bowie to see about getting him a role in her upcoming movie, "The Blue Bird" (he didn't get it). You can see more here: https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2016/01/101099/david-bowie-elizabeth-taylor-relationship
Nimues Child 3 years ago (edited)
I would pay anything to have just sat at the table with these two as they talked.
🧶𝔹𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙 𝕂𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣🪡 3 years ago
Liz Taylor was such a drop dead gorgeous woman. I mean what a striking, captivating appearance and presence she seemed to have...and we can't even see those violet peepers in this photo!
#32
Lombard Street In San Francisco, California, 1975
Charlie grace 3 years ago
Looks like it should be a pedestrian only path...what a slalom course!
Tim 3 years ago
You have to reserve a time to drive down the street today.
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Tom 3 years ago
Am I the only one trying to figure out how the yellow car is going uphill when every other car is heading downhill?
#33
High School Fashion, 1969 (By Arthur Schatz)
Bored Retsuko 3 years ago
Friendly reminder: downvotes are NOT dislike buttons. Downvoting a comment just because you don't agree = not cool. If a comment gets downvoted, its author will get banned from the site. So please downvote only in case of obvious spam ("how to make cash") or if someone is literally harrassing a fellow panda
Will I Will-Ham 3 years ago
I'm very interrested where you got this from. Are there any tou and were can i find them?
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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
She looks more like a young teach than a student. I graduated high school in 1978. In the later seventies, once the dress codes barring girls from wearing pants to school were challenged and dropped, wore jeans and tee shirts mostly. Sometimes dresses or skirts—-of a variety of lengths—-in whatever was in style that year. Lots of “peasant” styles, and disco styles (a lot made from a synthetic nylon fabric called Qiana). We also wore dance leotards with skirts, and Candies slip-on high heeled mules. TBH, most seventies styles were pretty trashy when you think of it. They pretty much reflected the shitty economy of the seventies. We tend to go for trashy looks when the economy is in the shitter, for some reason.
Adam Jeff 3 years ago
Sh*tty economy in the 70s? How many high-school teachers can afford a car like that nowadays?
Load More Replies... Mark Karol-Chik 3 years ago
WAIT-A-SEC! That Ford Sportsman convertible in the background is a really rare car!!!!!
Suzanne Tilson 3 years ago
Va va voom. Let's bring this fashion back. The fashion, not the racist assholes, let's leave them there
Brandon Marlowe 3 years ago
The car is an MGA. Not sure which year. Design ran from 1955 thru 1962 I think. My parents bought me one when I was 15. My Dad said I would probably want gas and insurance when I got my drivers license at 16 so I should get a part time job after school. -Best work incentive EVER!
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Eiryn Elliott 3 years ago
This chick is dressed WAYYYY better than most people in high school in the 70's. I saw a ton of plaid, flared pants, gawd-awful brown and yellow sweaters. That kind of thing. This woman looks like she's from a movie or at least a well off super trendy teacher.
Seedy Vine 3 years ago
Might've been a normal school. Back in the day, regular people could afford nice cars.
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Jessica Lange, 1970s
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
She was incredibly talented, but I think was handled all wrong by her agent. Then again, that always was—-and often still is—-the case for women in that industry.
Thomas Kurnas 3 years ago
She has been great in many roles but her debut in King Kong was laughable. She was able to overcome.
#35
Jamie Lee Curtis At Home With Her Mother, Janet Leigh, In 1978
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
To me, she always looked more like her father, and somewhat like her mother.
Sleeping Solipsist 3 years ago
I think she looks really pretty. I've never seen her with long, dark hair.
#36
“A Day Without Lesbians Is Like A Day Without Sunshine.” Gay Freedom Day Parade, San Francisco, 1979
Ogre Juan Canolli 3 years ago
A Poke At Anita Bryant, Anti-Gay Spokesperson.. " A Day Without Florida Orange Juice...."
Eddy Volt 3 years ago
Your really not gonna telll Who said What to have them come up With That slogan. Like Anita?! So out of context for very most of the readers that see this. Just not right not to explain this in full context. Like half a book missing.
#37
Billie Perkins, Jodie Foster, & Robert De Niro On The Set Of Taxi Driver In 1975
Irishwoman abroad 3 years ago
Yeah, they wouldn't be out of place today - everything comes full circle eventually!
Load More Replies... Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
Just a reminder: Jodie was 13 at the time. Heavy duty movie for a teen. This came out the same year as the delightful "Bugsy Malone" where she played a nightclub singer (the movie's hook had an all-kid cast playing old-timey gangsters) to then cutie-pie Scott Baio's wannabe mobster. Heck of a career arch over a year!
Jason Leaf 3 years ago
Good pic, that is, if you don't think about the creepy premise of the scene they're shooting.
Michelle M 3 years ago
Always wished I could rock trousers like those but they do not agree with my short legs.
Kayjunmoon 3 years ago
They look fab because they are not posing. Everything today seems posed for some social media platform. Natural is best.
#38
Elton John Posing After Having A Star Dedicated To Him On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame, 1975 (By Jeff Robbins)
Tired_Panda 3 years ago
From the day that I was born I waved this flag of freedom
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Gotta appreciate my boy's Bob Mackie suit in colour (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BdeuIgsQMM)! Elton-John...dd7afa.jpg 
Brent Kaufman 3 years ago
What got him a star? He wasn't a screen movie/tv performer. I thought that is what the Walk o' Fame is. Not knocking his talent or how much I enjoyed him, just asking.
Liz Drachnik 3 years ago
Elton John - i played his records endlessly in high school in the 70's
Tiki Stanford 3 years ago
Does anyone know the details of the names on the buttons of his suit?
#39
Kate Bush Dressed As A Bat, 1978
Irishwoman abroad 3 years ago
She was the epitome of cool - beautiful, talented, and with totally original, weird songs that none of us quite understood!
Moo Moo Futch 3 years ago
I'm so happy that the wonderful Kate Bush is getting a load of recognition all these years later. I know she isn't the most active but her albums still stand up. The song Moving from the album The Kick Inside has one of the most wonderful key changes in the chorus. It's an absolute eargasm.
Nimues Child 3 years ago
Me, too. The first time I heard her on the radio ("The Man With The Child In His Eyes"), I had to pull the car over to the side of the road to listen until I found out who it was. I have played the albums into the ground ever since...
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Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
From the photo shoot that gave us the "Breathing" cover, I'd say. Kate-Bush-...7b103f.jpg 
Remen Zack 3 years ago
I wouldn't have known her if not for Stranger Things. Upvote this if you obviously agree too 👍
Nimues Child 3 years ago
I'm glad you've been introduced. I hope you enjoy the rest of her music! Upvote!
Load More Replies... Amber Cook 3 years ago
'This Womans Work' by Kate Bush has been a favorite of mine. Ever since I watched the movie 'She's having a baby'. It is beautifully written and sung! I however was super proud of my 20 something aged kids too! Since we've all been watching Stranger Things 4, even though they knew the version of 'Running up that hill' the remake done by Placebo, because of my past with music and movies they knew it was Kate Bush that sang it. All of their friends were weirded out that they knew. I just told them it's because my kids had been raised by me, with a HUGE love of all different genres of music, they know all sorts of older singers. Make me proud!
Matt MacFarlane 3 years ago
How many Pandas are shocked to see this; thinking Kate Bush cant possibly be that old?
#40
Bill Clinton & Hillary Rodham At Yale Law School In New Haven, Ct In 1971
Nicola Roberts 3 years ago
This feels like I'm looking a picture of my parents. In other words it's hard to believe they were ever that young.
Dillon Brown 3 years ago
How awesome would it have been if one of their actual kids had been on bored panda and left that first sentence 🤣😃
Load More Replies... Brandon Marlowe 3 years ago (edited)
Who would have believed, looking at them then, that he would be president some day and she would be Sec. of State and almost president. -sigh.
LittleWombat 3 years ago
He just looks like a big friendly teddy-bear type guy and she like a happy smart girl in her own environment... its such a happy picture because it's just a happy young college-age couple. They didn't know what their future would hold.
#41
A Woman At A Rolling Stones Concert In Hyde Park, London, 1969 (Photo By Ian Harris)
Toolkit 3 years ago
I want one too. My old hat has retired and I'm getting a darker tan than I want
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FriendlyNeighborhoodTerror 3 years ago
I know people who would absolutely rock this look today!
#42
Dolly Parton Performing At Wbap's Country Gold Anniversary Event In Texas, 1974
John Dwyer 3 years ago
she's not wearing a dress! They are trousers (pants to you)
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Terri Johnson 3 years ago
Dolly was always a big star to Texans because of her big hair. And great voice!
bottomless.abyss.of.bordem 3 years ago
If you look above, you will see the clear winner is Elton John.
#43
Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta At The Grease Premiere Party, 1978 (By Brad Elterman)
Irishwoman abroad 3 years ago
ONJ single-handedly made skintight satin trousers a fashion item overnight 😍
Featherytoad 3 years ago
The very first cassette I ever owned was Olivia Newton-John's "Lets Get Physical." I have the movie on VHS.
AK to LV 3 years ago
I remember being sooo jealous of my friend because she had the Xanadu soundtrack!😂
Load More Replies... GoldfishCrackers 3 years ago
The first film I remember seeing with him in it was Hairspray. Now when I see pics of him I think, why does that guy look like Tracy’s mom?
#44
Woman Covering Her Husband’s Eyes At Sight Of Young Woman Taking Off Her Top On The Beach In France, 1974
Fred Van Der Zee 3 years ago
"Boredpanda Covering Their Readers' Eyes At Sight Of Photo of Young Woman Taking Off Her Top On The Beach In France, 2022"
Nathaniel 3 years ago
What's the difference between a male nipple and a female nipple? The female nipples are boxes.
Ray Martin 3 years ago
Bored Panda covering everyone's eyes, because apparently female nipples are the work of Satan.
Eastendbird 3 years ago
The older couple are dressed in a stereotypically old-fashioned British way - I'd hazard a guess this was staged by one of the UK tabloid newspapers.
Roland Gosselin 3 years ago
Pffffff nipple censorship.... we live in a crazy world. So "fake prudish".
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago
This is the same hypocritical website that censored the word "sex" in a poster that a Pride participant was holding and the "D**k" in "D**k's Sporting Goods. Yet they refuse to respond to ANY of their e-mail ask for trolls and homophobic comments to be removed. I have no idea what is happening to this site anymore.
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“Women Enjoy The Benefits Of A Heated Whirlpool In Saint Petersburg, Florida, 1973.” (Photographed By Jonathan Blair For National Geographic)
Roxy Eastland 3 years ago
Nooo, it's protecting them from lurking predators
Load More Replies... Nimues Child 3 years ago
I'm lingering on the thought that some of those women might have been born in the 1800s.
Matt Tyson 3 years ago
Exactly, they witnessed so much, two world wars, the coming of cars and airplanes, and so much more.
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Tishia partchey 3 years ago
At my local YMCA pool. Other than the head coverings it could be me😁
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Brent Kaufman 3 years ago (edited)
"Well Officer, I was just standing here, getting ready to throw my triton at some old women. It's one of the perks of being god of the sea, and all. And then all of a suddenly there's this boy forming out of this shell that I was standing on, and under my legs too, with a conch shell, doing what you do with one of those shells.... What's up with that?"
#46
VW Beetles On A New York Port Authority Parking Lot, 1973 (Photo By Jp Laffont)
Terri Johnson 3 years ago
Growing up in the seventies, one of my best girlfriends had a Bug that we would take to the beach. From Houston to Galveston and back, we could make it on a couple of dollars of gas. Mind you, gas was around 25 cents a gallon, but hey! We had a blast partying in that VW.
#47
Audrey Hepburn At Her Rented Beach House In Tuscany, 1972 (Luca Dotti)
Mary Hurst 3 years ago
Does not look like her at all. She had a much longer, slimmer neck and never wore her hair like that.
#48
The Crowd At A LED Zeppelin Concert In Oakland, California, 1977 (By Kevin C. Goff)
Terri Johnson 3 years ago
As a child of the seventies, I really miss the days you could attend huge concert venues without the threat of violence. Peace, Love, Dove!
Paula MV 3 years ago
Many bands in one day. No one was sitting down during the headliner, Led Zeppelin!
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Jason Boyd 3 years ago
There's a lot of flannel there, wonder if there is a connection to 90s grunge? Led Zep is often cited as a strong influence by those bands...
Naesil 🇫🇮 3 years ago
Nah go to any outdoor concert now and if its warm and sunny you will see bunch of dudes topless
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Paula MV 3 years ago
Whoa! I was there!! Oakland Coliseum Day on the Green. It was the summer after my high school graduation. I was so excited I didn't sleep the night before. In line to get in, a guy almost puked on me. This was Zep's final US show. Robert Plant's son died after this concert and they canceled the rest of the tour. The band broke up shortly thereafter.
#49
Some Of Andy Warhol’s Polaroid Pictures From The 70s 80s
Brent Kaufman 3 years ago
Again, you see these drugs AFTER you look at the picture?
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#50
Pink Floyd's “Wish You Were Here” Album Cover Outtakes, 1975
Nathaniel 3 years ago
"Sorry! Left the lens cap on! Silly me! Good to go again?"
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Sandy Parker 3 years ago
Now you're talking - what a great album. Just bought it for my 13 yr old
#51
Queen Visiting Japan In 1975
#52
David Bowie Applying His Ziggy Stardust Makeup Backstage, 1973 (By Roger Bamber)
KombatBunni 3 years ago
There’s a star man..waiting in the sky… Saw him at his last concert here in Melbourne Australia and it was absolutely amazing.. I’d been waiting since 1987 to see him (Glass Spider Tour) and was totally worth it.
Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
Cool in retrospective, yeah. Trust me, that do was not considered cool at the time! Which, of course, made him so darn cool. Funny how that works.
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Janis Joplin At The Chelsea Hotel, NYC, 1969
I Drink Your Milkshake! 3 years ago
Where she had a liaison with Leonard Cohen, as immortalized in “Chelsea Hotel #2”.
H Edwards 3 years ago
Cohen regretted making it public that it was Joplin in the song: “I named Janis Joplin in that song, I don’t know when it started, but I connected her name with the song, and I’ve been feeling very bad about that ever since, it’s an indiscretion for which I’m very sorry, and if there is some way of apologising to the ghost, I want to apologise now, for having committed that indiscretion.”
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#54
Blondie Posing For A Photo Session In Los Angeles, California, 1977 (By Suzan Carson)
#55
Stevie Nicks In Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1977
Mari Murphy 3 years ago
This is my favorite. An armful of tulips and Dune, what more do you need?
#56
Kate Bush & Her Dogs, Bonnie And Clyde, In Outtakes From The “Hounds Of Love” Cover Shoot, 1985 (By John Carder Bush)
Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
Awesome album! The final choice for the album cover was just slightly different. Kate-Bush-...976c42.jpg 
#57
Meryl Streep, 1976
#58
Joan Jett Eating French Fries On Santa Monica Pier, 1977. Photographed By Brad Elterman
#59
Disneyland In The 70s
#60
Kim Cattrall In 1979 (By Harry Langdon)
Ban-One 3 years ago
Thx for a comment not connecting her to SATC! Lassard would be proud of you.
Load More Replies... Emmydearest 3 years ago
What a face! Elegant and sensual at the same time. She looks even better as a brunette rather than a blonde
#61
Fleetwood Mac For The Cover Of Rolling Stone, 1977 (By Annie Leibovitz)
Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
Fun (depends on what you define as fun, lol) behind-the-scenes story here: https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/the-100-best-covers-fleetwood-in-flagrante-232585/
Tara Moov 3 years ago (edited)
Oh my word, this quote by Annie though: "I thought I’d be nice and polite, and I brought a bunch of cocaine for everyone."
Load More Replies... LittleWombat 3 years ago (edited)
They were ALL lonely at the time of this photo! On the right, alone, is John McVie, who just parted ways with his wife Christine, the blonde on the far left, who is embracing Lindsay Buckingham, whose relationship with Stevie Nicks, just ended. Stevie is center in the arms of Mick Fleetwood who at this point is going through a divorce with HIS wife. So every person in this photo is pretty much broken hearted and alone!
Load More Replies... Mary Rogers 3 years ago (edited)
"I'll just be reading my magazine over here while you all do...whatever."
#62
Sharon Tate At The Beach During The 1968 Cannes Film Festival
#63
Michelle Pfeiffer In Scarface (1983)
#64
Behind The Scenes Of The Movie Halloween (1978)
#65
70s Fashion
Graham Chapman 3 years ago
Looks like it was taken at Carnaby St London, outside the "lord John" shop.
Ray Martin 3 years ago
I used to walk down Carnaby Street every day, on my way to and from work. It was an amazing place in the '70s
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Late sixties to early seventies, before the seventies got grimy, fuzzy, and tacky.
#66
The Beatles, 1968
#67
Stevie Nicks Dressed As A Witch
#68
Cheryl Tiegs For Vogue, 1973 (By Helmut Newton)
#69
Abba, 1975
Just me 3 years ago
Iconic outfits. I guarantee many Aussie kids had a poster of them dressed like this on their bedroom wall.
LittleWombat 3 years ago
This is the 1st time I've noticed that Bjorn's outfit far left very much resembles an oompa-loompa from Willie Wonka! I adore Abba, but now I can unsee this!!
TheEndIsNigh 3 years ago
Idk why, but my mind refuses to connect ABBA with real human beings. Everything about them is so freaking adorable, my brain has decided they're Smurfs. 🤣
Irishwoman abroad 3 years ago
Sorry, but those outfits were NEVER cool! We loved the music, though
#70
“Eat The Rich” Venice, California, Late 1970s
#71
Jane Birkin, 1974
#72
The Supremes, 1964 (By John Dove)
#73
Sigourney Weaver Posing With A Pumpkin, 1980s
#74
Debbie Harry On New Year’s Eve, 1977
#75
“Witches Are People Too!!” Elizabeth Montgomery & Shelley Berman On Bewitched, 1964
#76
Japan, 1966
Chris Liu 3 years ago
it's 111 degrees tomorrow for me, I want/need this!
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Gay Freedom Day (Pride), San Francisco, 1977 (By Crawford Wayne Barton)
#78
Cher At The Playboy Bunny Club, 1970s
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
She looks like her agent came up with this “brilliant” publicity stunt, and she was NOT happy about it.
LittleWombat 3 years ago
Yeah, these decades were times when women were treated with so little dignity and respect and Kartrashian keeps trying to hearken back to these times in both her looks and more. Every step women take forward, there's a Kardashian to make women look stupid.
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Roller Skaters In Venice Beach, California, 1979(By Waring Abbott)
Patti Bulldog 3 years ago
you said what I was going to, weren't they great?
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Tim Douglass 3 years ago
The guy on the left is so perfectly '70s - the 'stache, the necklace, the chest hair, the short-shorts, the white socks. Add that the receding hairline just screams "I'm still young!"
#80
Mick Jagger, 1973
#81
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade In The 70s
#82
Joan Jett At Home In L.a. In 1977 (By Chris Stein)
#83
Prince Roller-Skating In 1989 Photographed By Jeff Katz
Henry Shane 3 years ago
He is posing for a shot in skates, not roller skating. He is horrible and needs to go away.
#84
Jimi Hendrix In Ringo Starr’s Apartment In London, 1966
#85
Madonna On A Bus In New York, 1979 (Photographed By Her Then Boyfriend, Dan Gilroy)
DuchessDegu 3 years ago
I was thinking the same! Great way to f**k up your lips
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Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
That girl always knew how to sell herself, eh? She's not tasting the nail polish or putting it on her lips, she's doing just enough to make you *think* she's in danger.
#86
Holiday Hairdos From The 70s
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
No. These were just a gimmick. Believe me, while women DID wear beehive hairdos, they did NOT do this to them. I’m 61. I was alive back then. I did NOT see anything like this.
#87
"Nudity Is God’s Creation" Kellie Everts, 1979
Powerful Katrinka 3 years ago
Probably taken at the Australian premiere of Hair, which opened at the Metro Theatre.
Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
Kellie, now 77, was a German bodybuilder and known as a "stripper for God" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasa_von_Werder).
#88
Woodstock, 1969
Upstaged75 3 years ago
Close enough. Why be so negative? It's a cool photo.
Load More Replies... Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
Cool! Great pics from the day here: https://www.gq.com/gallery/woodstock-style-hippies
#89
Priscilla Presley, 1960s
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
Before she felt compelled to go under the knife by an industry that hates it when people, especially women, start to age. The f*****g ugly old fart male hypocrites.
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A Woman Getting A Tattoo In 1973 (By F. Roy Kemp)
#91
Water Skiing Witches, 1950s
Toolkit 3 years ago
am I mental... if for some uncertain reason I really like the whole theme?
IDK_Something 3 years ago
Nope! Wait... Unless I'm mental, too? I adore this on so many levels lol
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A Man Stops To Watch A Woman Tie Her Sandals In Portofino Marina, August 1977 (Photo By @slim.aarons
Rodrigo “centoventicinque” Boschi 3 years ago
my dad have a picture of him from 70.. very same look and my mum still have that sandals!
#93
Stevie Nicks Doing Her Makeup In Her Apartment, 1978
#94
Andy Warhol Painting A Butterfly On Leigh Taylor Young At A Nightclub In New York, 1968 (By Oscar Abolafia)
#95
A Model Wearing A Marianne Ohm Tunic And Pants By A Shop Window. Glamour Magazine, 1970s (By William Connors)
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
You honesty have to have zero fat on you to wear those clingy knits. They just cling really embarrassingly badly otherwise.
#96
Sylvie Vartan In Los Angeles, California, 1976
#97
George Harrison And Pattie Boyd In Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, 1967
#99
Contestants In The Miss Universe Pageant, 1968. Miss Brazil (Pictured On The Second Slide, Back Row, Far Left) Was The Winner
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Scott Baysinger 3 years ago
Excuse my ignorance but I really had no idea that The Arrows were to be used as a referendum on who should be banned. I also see that I have a certain number of "points" but do not know if that's good:)
eff the haters 3 years ago
As long as your points are not in the negative you're good
Load More Replies... Craig Becker 3 years ago
If you’re into the whole “70s Thing”, there are a couple of recent movies worth checking out: _X_ and _The Black Telephone_. I promise you I’m not shilling for either of these films. But the makers of both obviously put a lot of time and attention into recreating the 70s. I’ll warn you that they’re both horror films, so if you’re not into that, stay away. But they both have a remarkable “70s look and feel” to them.
Bored Retsuko 3 years ago
Friendly reminder: downvotes are NOT dislike buttons. Downvoting a comment just because you don't agree = not cool. If a comment gets downvoted, its author will get banned from the site. So please downvote only in case of obvious spam ("how to make cash") or if someone is literally harrassing a fellow panda
Will I Will-Ham 3 years ago
Are there any tou where we can check that statement? Most of the downvotes are because someone dissagreed with what the op posted. So upvote is like and downvote not dislike?
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Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
Well, every decade has its flaws! And we're trying to remember the good stuff here, Anita, not the nightmares.
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Emmydearest 3 years ago
Look at those piictures from the 70' !! (Follows a bunch of photos from the 60's and 80's)
Naesil 🇫🇮 3 years ago
Can we stop spamming the downvotes messages.. if you get downvoted constantly to the point you are getting banned then maybe you should change how you comment.
Brobro McDuderson 3 years ago
Should we welcome various opinions, or just one approved group opinion?
Load More Replies... Scott Baysinger 3 years ago
Excuse my ignorance but I really had no idea that The Arrows were to be used as a referendum on who should be banned. I also see that I have a certain number of "points" but do not know if that's good:)
eff the haters 3 years ago
As long as your points are not in the negative you're good
Load More Replies... Craig Becker 3 years ago
If you’re into the whole “70s Thing”, there are a couple of recent movies worth checking out: _X_ and _The Black Telephone_. I promise you I’m not shilling for either of these films. But the makers of both obviously put a lot of time and attention into recreating the 70s. I’ll warn you that they’re both horror films, so if you’re not into that, stay away. But they both have a remarkable “70s look and feel” to them.
Bored Retsuko 3 years ago
Friendly reminder: downvotes are NOT dislike buttons. Downvoting a comment just because you don't agree = not cool. If a comment gets downvoted, its author will get banned from the site. So please downvote only in case of obvious spam ("how to make cash") or if someone is literally harrassing a fellow panda
Will I Will-Ham 3 years ago
Are there any tou where we can check that statement? Most of the downvotes are because someone dissagreed with what the op posted. So upvote is like and downvote not dislike?
Load More Replies... Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
Well, every decade has its flaws! And we're trying to remember the good stuff here, Anita, not the nightmares.
Load More Replies... Emmydearest 3 years ago
Look at those piictures from the 70' !! (Follows a bunch of photos from the 60's and 80's)
Naesil 🇫🇮 3 years ago
Can we stop spamming the downvotes messages.. if you get downvoted constantly to the point you are getting banned then maybe you should change how you comment.
Brobro McDuderson 3 years ago
Should we welcome various opinions, or just one approved group opinion?
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