If you grew up in the late 1970s, there's a good chance you consider that period America's golden age. Kids ran free without the worry of kidnap or injury and parents lived without the worry of another draft or mutually assured destruction. What could be better?
Here are 24 photos of life in 1978 that the history books probably skipped.
1
Puerto Rican Pride
Representing in 1978.
2
“My Dad at 18 in 1978”
“With his 1976 Trans Am.”
3
Hermosa Beach
The summer of 1978.
4
Actress Sandra Bullock
At her home in 1978.
5
A Cool Couple
“Waiting for the Allman Brothers to play,” 1978.
6
“My Parents”
Stoned at the family dinner.
7
Prom
A mom and her sons in 1978.
8
“My Uncle Joe”
In Cali around 1978.
9
Stevie Nicks
Dressed up in 1978.
10
“My Family”
“Our mother made our clothes,” 1978.
11
David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen
Looking good in 1978.
12
“My Parents’ Wedding Photos”
Definitely the 1970s.
13
“My Father”
Training as a priest in his mid twenties, around 1978.
14
Rick Steves
Traveling in 1978.
15
A Star Wars Christmas
A Storm Trooper E-11 blaster rifle, and much more.
16
Gaming
A father and son in 1978.
17
A High School Yearbook Photo
“My mom in 1978.”
18
Queen in Concert
Taken by a 16-year-old in 1978.
19
“My Mother Smoking a Pipe”
“She was 17 years old here in 1978.”
20
A 1972 Chevy Van “
My dad’s in 1978.”
21
First Communion
A formal family in 1978.
22
An Exchange Student
Australia to Japan, 1978.
23
Pre-K Graduation
Kids in 1978.
24
“My Mom in the Hospital”
After giving birth in Canada, 1978.
