23 Nostalgic 1970's Photos Of Baby Boomers Before Their 1980's Heel Turn

Boomers have earned a bad reputation, but things weren't always this way.

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The baby boomers own quite a reputation for being greedy, angry, and generally selfish in every way. After all, this is the generation that spiked the cost of living, sliced regulations, and now want to spend their massive inheritances before their children get their needy fingers on it. "If only kids these days knew how to work..."

But back in the '60s and '70s the baby boomers fought for gay rights, protested the Vietnam War, and indulged in the devil's lettuce on their hippie communes. Not to mention creating the entire punk rock scene. So what gives? In short, the 1980s, Ronald Reagan, and Fox News.

Here are 23 nostalgic 1970s photos of the baby boomers who raised us, before they heel turned into the lead poisoned bunch we have now.

1
“My Mom”
In a kitchen in the 1970s.

2
Bath, 1970
“The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music.” Somerset, England.

3
“Relaxing” in the Woods
The banks of Frio River, Texas, 1973.
4
An Arrest
An anti-war protest at Berkeley, 1970.

5
London Punk Rockers
Fun hair in the 1970s.
6
Hanging Out
A bug in Texas in the 1970s.
7
Anti-Hate Protest
New York, 1970s.

8
“My Punk Mom”
Cool in the 1970s.
9
The “Love Machine”
A van concept in 1973.
10
Hanging in the Woods
Michigan, 1972.

11
New York Pride Parade
Donna Gottschalk holds a poster.
12
A Hippie Commune
West Virginia, 1974.
13
High School Guys
Hanging out in the ‘70s.

14
Anti-War Protest
Catchy messaging.
15
Bernie Sanders
Protesting in the 1970s.
16
“My Grandfather”
Getting arrested in Michigan for protesting sometime in the 1970s.

17
“My Mom's Mugshot”
“After being arrested at an equal rights protest in 1974.”
18
Atlanta Gay Pride Parade
Marching in 1976.
19
On the Road
Living from a van in the 1970s.