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.”
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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.
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New York City, 1970. "Hard-Hats" demonstrate being in favour of the Vietnam War.
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Katz's Deli, NYC, summer 1970.
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A Cali drugstore, 1970.
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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.
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National Guard opening fire on Kent State University demonstrators, Ohio, May 4, 1970.
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Students in a girls’ dorm lining up to make phone calls.
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“My great-grandfathers celebrating my grandparents' wedding, 1970.”
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Michelle Obama in 1970.
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Shelley Duvall on the set of “Brewster McCloud,” 1970.
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My aunt's wedding day in 1970.
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On April 30th, 1970, in a televised address to the nation, President Nixon announced the Cambodian campaign.
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Secondary school students in rural Iran, 1970.
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Nixon meeting with protesters at the Lincoln Memorial after announcing the bombing of Cambodia, early morning, May 9, 1970.
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A wedding day in 1970.
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A self-portrait photo taken by American paratrooper James Speed Hensinger while serving in Vietnam, 1970.
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Olivia Newton-John, 1970.
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McDonald’s menu, 1970.
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Summer solstice celebration, Stockholm, Sweden, 1970.
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A 1970 office Christmas party.
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Stevie Wonder visiting a children’s school for the blind in London, 1970.
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Vietnam War American soldier GI and his Vietnamese bride.
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Economy class flying in 1970.
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“My grandma and her friends, around 1970.”
![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.](https://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/2024/12/03/114646/87642171/1970p4.png)
