The 1970s was a transformative decade featuring Watergate, the end of the Vietnam War, and countless cultural cornerstones. It needed a fun and carefree year to close things out, and that's exactly what it got in 1979. In the United States at least.
We've already given you plenty of photos showing what life was like in 1979, but here are 25 new ones.
1
Christmas Time
Cats, dogs, and fun. 1979.
2
Colorful Room
Crazy wallpaper in 1979.
3
The Blizzard of 1979
Piled-up snow at the intersection of Surf and Broadway. Newtown. Chicago, IL.
4
High School Drama Class
With a visiting mother, (in sunglasses), 1979.
5
A Family of Four
Waiting for their breakfast to be served at the Rennebohm Drug Store No. 4 restaurant in the Hilldale Shopping Center, 702 N. Midvale Blvd in Madison, Wisconsin, 1979.
6
Halloween 1979
“Alien costume my Dad made for my brother.”
7
NYC's Lower East Side, 1979
Kids playing with a fire escape and old mattresses.
8
A Grandmother
And some crazy lamps.
9
Mystery Game
Piggyback with plastic bags on the head, while being hit with dead fish, 1979.
10
West 47th Street
Hells Kitchen, New York, 1979. Photo by Marcia Bricker Halperin.
11
Greg’s Family
Just as embarrassing as today, 1979.
12
Cabs
New York City, 1979.
13
Kids at the University of Mississippi
Married student housing, (not the tents), 1979.
14
“My Mom Circa 1979”
“Calling my grandmother to tell her she was in labor with me.”
15
Morning After Full Moon Party
Anjuna Beach, Goa, India, 1979.
16
Christmas Morning
And Lego trucks, 1979.
17
Family Photo
The swingset slide, 1979.
18
The Blizzard of 1979
“I was afraid that my roof would collapse.” Greg Lopatka of Downers Grove, Illinois.
19
Workers
Moving a section of the World Trade Center South Tower antenna into place, 1979. Photo by Peter B. Kaplan.
20
Reflections
New York. Photograph by Bill Bernstein, 1979.
21
Mott Haven
New York City, 1979. Photographed By David Gonzalez.
22
Trucker With a Cowboy Hat
Bakersfield, CA, 1979. Photo by Elisa Leonelli
23
A&P Supermarket
A floor manager circa 1979.
