31 More Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1970

Daniel Bonfiglio Published 12/08/2024 in wow

The '70s shift was real. As the American government pushed a never-ending war, the American people responded by wearing funnier colors, smoking weed, and occasionally standing up for what was right, (when the government wasn't shooting them for it).

1970 was a year of transition, fashion, and tragedy, and while we've already shown you 29 nifty pics of life in 1970, here are 31 more.

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“My family on a camping trip in the Canadian Rockies, 1970.”
2.
Poolside party in 1970.
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A girl licks ice cream to try and elicit a reaction from a royal guard in Sweden in 1970.
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A black U.S. soldier reads a message left by the Việt Cộng during the Vietnam War. The message reads, "U.S. [Black] Armymen, You Are Committing The Same Ignominious Crimes In South Vietnam That The KKK Clique Is Perpetrating Against Your Family At Home." 1970.
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A guard of honor passes out as Queen Elizabeth II rides past during the color parade, 1970.
6.
New York City, 1970. "Hard-Hats" demonstrate being in favour of the Vietnam War.
7.
Katz's Deli, NYC, summer 1970.
8.
A Cali drugstore, 1970.
9.
A young North Vietnamese soldier lighting a smoke for an elderly man in a graveyard, filled with soldiers killed by an American bomb. Hanoi, 1970.
10.
Harlem, 1970.
11.
1970s fashion.
12.
National Guard opening fire on Kent State University demonstrators, Ohio, May 4, 1970.
13.
Students in a girls’ dorm lining up to make phone calls.
14.
“My great-grandfathers celebrating my grandparents' wedding, 1970.”
15.
Michelle Obama in 1970.
16.
Shelley Duvall on the set of “Brewster McCloud,” 1970.
17.
My aunt's wedding day in 1970.
18.
On April 30th, 1970, in a televised address to the nation, President Nixon announced the Cambodian campaign.
19.
Secondary school students in rural Iran, 1970.
20.
Nixon meeting with protesters at the Lincoln Memorial after announcing the bombing of Cambodia, early morning, May 9, 1970.
21.
A wedding day in 1970.
22.
A self-portrait photo taken by American paratrooper James Speed Hensinger while serving in Vietnam, 1970.
23.
Olivia Newton-John, 1970.
24.
McDonald’s menu, 1970.
25.
Jimmy Page, 1970.
26.
Summer solstice celebration, Stockholm, Sweden, 1970.
27.
A 1970 office Christmas party.
28.
Stevie Wonder visiting a children’s school for the blind in London, 1970.
29.
Vietnam War American soldier GI and his Vietnamese bride.
30.
Economy class flying in 1970.
31.
“My grandma and her friends, around 1970.”

1.
“My family on a camping trip in the Canadian Rockies, 1970.”
2.
Poolside party in 1970.
3.
A girl licks ice cream to try and elicit a reaction from a royal guard in Sweden in 1970.
4.
A black U.S. soldier reads a message left by the Việt Cộng during the Vietnam War. The message reads, "U.S. [Black] Armymen, You Are Committing The Same Ignominious Crimes In South Vietnam That The KKK Clique Is Perpetrating Against Your Family At Home." 1970.
5.
A guard of honor passes out as Queen Elizabeth II rides past during the color parade, 1970.
6.
New York City, 1970. "Hard-Hats" demonstrate being in favour of the Vietnam War.
7.
Katz's Deli, NYC, summer 1970.
8.
A Cali drugstore, 1970.
9.
A young North Vietnamese soldier lighting a smoke for an elderly man in a graveyard, filled with soldiers killed by an American bomb. Hanoi, 1970.
10.
Harlem, 1970.
11.
1970s fashion.
12.
National Guard opening fire on Kent State University demonstrators, Ohio, May 4, 1970.
13.
Students in a girls’ dorm lining up to make phone calls.
14.
“My great-grandfathers celebrating my grandparents' wedding, 1970.”
15.
Michelle Obama in 1970.
16.
Shelley Duvall on the set of “Brewster McCloud,” 1970.
17.
My aunt's wedding day in 1970.
18.
On April 30th, 1970, in a televised address to the nation, President Nixon announced the Cambodian campaign.
19.
Secondary school students in rural Iran, 1970.
20.
Nixon meeting with protesters at the Lincoln Memorial after announcing the bombing of Cambodia, early morning, May 9, 1970.
21.
A wedding day in 1970.
22.
A self-portrait photo taken by American paratrooper James Speed Hensinger while serving in Vietnam, 1970.
23.
Olivia Newton-John, 1970.
24.
McDonald’s menu, 1970.
25.
Jimmy Page, 1970.
26.
Summer solstice celebration, Stockholm, Sweden, 1970.
27.
A 1970 office Christmas party.
28.
Stevie Wonder visiting a children’s school for the blind in London, 1970.
29.
Vietnam War American soldier GI and his Vietnamese bride.
30.
Economy class flying in 1970.
31.
“My grandma and her friends, around 1970.”