Ah, the 1970s. The decade where you could see the best movies, listen to the best music, drive the best cars, and also slice your foot open on a steel can pull tab on the beach. Well, I prefer to look at it with rose-colored glasses, and I’m sure you do, too. Things were not just better then but cooler.
These pictures represent the 1970s perfectly, and are great reasons to invent a time machine. If you’re a scientist reading this right now, please get on that. If you’re not a scientist, then sit back and enjoy this gallery of extremely 1970s photos that shine a light on the best decade so far.
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A corner store in the 1970s
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All-female rock band The Runaways surfing in 1976
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Original cast of SNL, 1975
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Rodney Dangerfield posing with his billboards, 1976
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Arnold Schwarzenegger posing in 1976
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A Las Vegas computer conference in the 1970s
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An extremely 1970s wedding photo
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Steven Spielberg on the set of Jaws, circa 1975
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Distracted while filling up the GTO, circa late 70s
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One of the most 70s photos to ever exist
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Karen Carpenter performing live in London, 1976
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Break a beer bottle and win a stuffed animal. Carnival game, 1975
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Christmas morning in the 70s
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Tin Man Halloween costume, 1970s
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The Las Vegas strip in 1976
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Teenagers in the South Bronx, 1970
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Iggy Pop performing live in 1970
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Table set for dinner, 1970s
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Skiing in jeans at Lake Tahoe, circa 1973
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Parliament-Funkadelic doing a soundcheck in LA, 1977
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Howard Johnson’s Motor Lodge in Denver, 1970s
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Waiting in line to see Star Wars, 1977