According to people that came of age in the late '70s, there has never been a better time to be alive. Rules were more suggestion than law, and if you had the means, almost no source of enjoyment was off limits.
It's just too bad that those rose colored glasses are stuck in the past.
We've already shown you many photos of what life looked like in 1977, but for good measure, here are 25 more.
1
Going to a Concert
Drinks in hand, 1977.
2
New Smyrna Beach, FL
Police beach patrol, circa 1977.
3
The “Blizzard” of 1977
Snow in Tampa, Florida.
4
High School Homecoming
Dana Point, CA, 1977.
5
A Man Works on a Car
A damaged '69 Pontiac Custom S on a street in New York City, 1977.
6
The Grand Canyon
On vacation in 1977.
7
Reading While Shaving
Daily routines in 1977.
8
Buffalo, New York
Main Street near Allen in 1977.
9
Halloween at the Circleville
Ohio Buckeye Mart in 1977.
10
Hot Dog Stand
New York in 1977.
11
A Brooklyn Stoop
New York in 1977.
12
On the Phone
Getting ready at her own pace in 1977.
13
Ski Trip
The back of a station wagon, 1977.
14
Punk Makeup
London, 1977.
15
“My Mother”
“And her friends at Disneyland, 1977.”
16
Smoking Area
Hart County High School in Munfordville KY, 1977.
17
A Taco John's Restaurant
Hastings, Nebraska, 1977.
18
Cashier
Convenience store in Fayetteville, AR, 1977. Photo by Richard Doherty.
19
Johnny Rotten (John Lydon)
And his brothers, October 27, 1977.
20
Pearl Street Mall
Boulder Colorado, 1977.
21
Cowboys Cheerleaders
The 1977 photo.
22
The Upstairs Lounge
A Pan Am Boeing 747, 1977.
23
“My Sister and Her Car”
High school, 1977.
24
Lehigh Valley Mall
Whitehall, PA, 1977.
25
Competition Winners
On Concorde's first flight between London and New York, on 22 November 1977.
