24 More Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1974
Daniel Bonfiglio
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12/11/2024
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Between Watergate, the Vietnam War and Portugal's Carnation Revolution, 1974 was a busy year for adults. But for kids, it was a year to grab a bike, and ride to your town's 7-Eleven with your friends.
We've already shown you plenty of photos of what life was like in 1974, but just because we can, here are 24 more.
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1. Downtown
Salem Oregon in 1974. -
2. Western Airlines Stewardesses
Picketing the company ticket counter at an L.A. Airport to protest a recent firing of a stewardess who was four pounds overweight, October 21, 1974. -
3. “My Mother and Grandmother”
“My grandmother took my mother to national parks over the course of a few months, just the two of them.” 1974. -
4. Bingo Club
The St. Petersburg Shuffleboard and Duplicate Bridge Club, St Petersburg, Florida, 1974. Photo by Neal Slavin. -
5. New Lincoln Mall
In Matteson, Illinois, 1974. -
6. The Plaza 500 Hotel
Vancouver, BC, 1974. -
7. Amtrak
This couple is onboard Amtrak's Lone Star as it crosses over into Oklahoma. -
8. “My Dad”
Family trip across Canada in 1974. -
9. Retired Coal Miner
Ed Austin with some of his 20 children in Fireco, West Virginia, near Beckley, April 1974. -
10. Early Morning Coffee
Harlem, 1974. -
11. The Wife of a Coal Miner
Winning a new Gibson dishwasher at the company's 1st annual employee & family picnic near Jasper, Tennessee, August 1974. -
12. Debut of the New Mustang II
Motor Trend’s 1974 Car of the Year. Don Sanderson Ford, Glendale AZ. -
13. A Typical 7-Eleven
With kids living their best lives. -
14. Driving Away
The last day of high school, Los Alamitos High School, California, 1974. -
15. Waitresses
At a Bar in Philadelphia. 1974. -
16. Typing Class
At Northeast High School in Philadelphia, 1974. -
17. An Officer
Keeping an eye on the flooded streets of Ontario, Canada in 1974. -
18. Dovedale Primary School
Liverpool, England. -
19. A Housewife
A morning in 1974. -
20. Playing Bingo
On the Amtrak train between Chicago and Glacier Park, Montana, June 1974. -
21. Woman Eating a Hot Dog
At a picnic table outside Casey's Caboose, a fast food restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama, June 1974. -
22. Costume Party
“I’ll have a pack of Salems please.” -
23. 1974 Dodge Monaco
NY State Trooper car. -
24. Row of Miners’ Homes
The Brookside Mine company town, Kentucky, 1974.
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