20 Photos of What Texas Looked Like in the 1970s

Daniel Bonfiglio Published Yesterday in wow

The Lone Star State marches to its own drummer, something that's been true since the Republic was founded in 1836. (Let's just forget how that ended.)

Everything is bigger in Texas, and that includes attitude and state pride.

So as times change, some things about Texas stay the same. See for yourself in this collection of 20 photos of Texas from the 1970s.

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1. Stopped With a Cadillac
Houston in 1978.
2. Roller Skating
Galveston, Texas in the 1970s.
3. Gilley's Night Club
Pasadena, Texas, USA. Late 70s.
4. Teens at Western Hills High School
Mid 1970s, Fort Worth.
5. Parade
Featuring the Kilgore College Rangerettes, early 1970s.
6. Friends on the Street
Austin, Texas, 1970.
7. Armadillo Races
On the town square in Florence, Texas, 1970s.
8. On the Road in Texas
A family trip.
9. The Texas Pecan Queen
Texas State Fair, 1972-73.

Texas State Archives
10. A Flea Market
Canton, Texas, 1970s.
11. Hanging out in Texas
Two girls smoking with their Bug, 1970s.
12. “My Dad and Friends”
“At a Texas chili festival in the 1970s.”
13. “Hanging out in Lake Dallas”
Friends and their Ford.
14. Texas State Fair
Shopping in the early ‘70s.

Texas State Archives
15. “My Mom and Her Siblings”
Texas in the 1970s.
16. Hanging Out
Leakey, Texas, 1973.
17. Wading in the Rio Frio River
Leakey TX, 1973.
18. The Day After Thanksgiving
The food court in Valley View Mall in Dallas, TX, 1978.

The Dallas Morning News/Clint Grant
19. “My Mom and Pops”
“At the Texas Renaissance fair, late 1970s.”
20. A Schoolyard
Florence Middle School, Dallas.

1. Stopped With a Cadillac
Houston in 1978.
2. Roller Skating
Galveston, Texas in the 1970s.
3. Gilley's Night Club
Pasadena, Texas, USA. Late 70s.
4. Teens at Western Hills High School
Mid 1970s, Fort Worth.
5. Parade
Featuring the Kilgore College Rangerettes, early 1970s.
6. Friends on the Street
Austin, Texas, 1970.
7. Armadillo Races
On the town square in Florence, Texas, 1970s.
8. On the Road in Texas
A family trip.
9. The Texas Pecan Queen
Texas State Archives

Texas State Fair, 1972-73.
10. A Flea Market
Canton, Texas, 1970s.
11. Hanging out in Texas
Two girls smoking with their Bug, 1970s.
12. “My Dad and Friends”
“At a Texas chili festival in the 1970s.”
13. “Hanging out in Lake Dallas”
Friends and their Ford.
14. Texas State Fair
Texas State Archives

Shopping in the early ‘70s.
15. “My Mom and Her Siblings”
Texas in the 1970s.
16. Hanging Out
Leakey, Texas, 1973.
17. Wading in the Rio Frio River
Leakey TX, 1973.
18. The Day After Thanksgiving
The Dallas Morning News/Clint Grant

The food court in Valley View Mall in Dallas, TX, 1978.
19. “My Mom and Pops”
“At the Texas Renaissance fair, late 1970s.”
20. A Schoolyard
Florence Middle School, Dallas.