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35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

From punk rock, to the Islamic Revolution.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Published 6 months ago in Wow

1978 was a year of conflict abroad, and cultural boom at home. With the Vietnam War over, punk rock groups took hold, and the Star Wars cast rocketed to fame. Meanwhile, the Islamic Revolution changed the middle east forever. 


We've already given you 45 photos of what the world looked like in 1978, but here are 35 more. 

  • 1

    Puerto Rican Pride, 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 2

    Steve McQueen in Montana, 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 3

    The Microsoft staff, 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 4

    A 1978 6th grade class photo.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 5

    U.S Congressman Leo Ryan resting after investigating the Jonestown People's Temple cult, 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 6

    1978, waiting for the Allman Brothers to play.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 7

    Go-Go’s, 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 8

    Mark Hamill and Annie Potts, 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 9

    October 11, 1978. Special Assistant to the President for Information Management Richard Harden works on a computer at the White House.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 10

    Police officer playing with children. Harlem, 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 11

    David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen circa 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 12

    Los Alfaques disaster. Tarragona Spain. 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 13

    Children of Puerto Montt, Chile, 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 14

    “My brother in 1978.”

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 15

    “My dad looking cool on my first day of school, September 1978.”

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 16

    “My mom wearing a pot leaf necklace in her 9th grade yearbook photo, 1978.”

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 17

    Workmen remove a Ferrari Dino 246 GTS that was found buried in the yard of a home in LA, Feb 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 18

    Debbie Harry, 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 19

    Alan Bonds, who won the first Repack downhill race in 1978, where a group of hippies invented the mountain bike. 1978 Fairfax, Marin County.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 20

    Child posing by a new color TV in 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 21

    McDonald's in 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 22

    “My mom buying some ice cream, Brazil, 1978.”

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 23

    Vehicles stranded in the snow in the southbound lanes of State Route 128, Needham, Massachusettsm after the Blizzard of 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 24

    What an average day looked like in New York, 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 25

    Times Square, December 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 26

    'Tacit Blue' in flight, top secret stealth experiment at Area 51, 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 27

    Earl Campbell vs Mean Joe Greene, 1978 AFC Championship.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 28

    Steve Jobs with his daughter Lisa in 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 29

    A young boy takes part in a protest by residents of Love Canal demanding to be evacuated. Homes had been built on a 21,000 ton landfill of toxic waste. After the heavy snowfall of 1976, the waste started leaching. Niagara Falls, NY. 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 30

    Vietnamese refugees land at Montreal's Dorval International Airport. Nov 26, 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 31

    Iran's revolution, 1978. Tehran. By Alfred Yaghobzadeh.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 32

    Mrs. Patty Ramge posted a warning on her 1975 Ford Pinto after weeks of trying to convince Ford Motor Company, and its dealers to modify the fuel tank of the vehicle so it would not pose a fire hazard in a rear-end crash. Sept 1, 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 33

    7-foot Bolaji Badejo, a Nigerian design student and one-time actor, wearing his costume from the now classic sci-fi thriller Alien. 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 34

    Drag Queen. 1978 San Francisco Gay Day Parade.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

  • 35

    Rick Steves, (travel presenter, writer, and cannabis activist), in 1978.

    35 More Photos of What Life Looked Like in 1978

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