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35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

While the United States was chaotically pulling out of Vietnam, Elton John was rocking LA.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Published 5 months ago in Wow

1975 was a year full of international turmoil and cultural cornerstone moments. 


While Elton John and Michael Jackson rocked the world, the United States chaotically pulled out of Vietnam, and Gerald Ford dealt with assassination attempts.


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    Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    The original cast of SNL, 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page guzzling a bottle of Jack Daniels before going on stage in Indianapolis, 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    West Hollywood, California, 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    The youth of Toronto, 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    President Ford and Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, Madrid, 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    People leaving Suriname on November 23, 1975, two days before the country received its independence from the Dutch.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    Kmart opening day in Carbondale, IL, 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    On April 29, 1975, people try to scale the 14-foot wall of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, to reach evacuation helicopters, as the last Americans depart from Vietnam.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro on the set of "Taxi Driver."

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    Chinese dictator Mao Zedong meeting with future US president George H.W. Bush in 1975. Secretary of state Henry Kissinger can be seen in the background.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    Chi Chi Rodriguez and his cool caddie John Lynch at the 1975 masters.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    Ron Howard's wedding to his wife Cheryl in 1975, with Henry Winkler.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    Tokyo Subway Pusher, 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    The funeral of the former President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-Shek in Taipei, April 16th, 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    Halloween party, 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    ABBA performing "Waterloo" at the 1975 Momarkedet Festival in Norway, a year after winning Eurovision with the song.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    East Harlem, 1975. The game continues on.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    A 17-year-old Prince at the beginning of his career, 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    Staff at a Burger Chef circa 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    An International Women's Day March in New York, 1975, the year in which the UN began celebrating the holiday.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    Robbie Robertson of The Band, 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    Two homeless men squat in the shadow of the recently completed World Trade Center in 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    San Francisco's Lombard Street in 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    Frank Zappa and his mom in London 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    Iranian men in 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    A 17-year-old Madonna fighting for Elvis’s autograph, 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    Tasmanian bridge disaster. Tasmania, Australia. 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    Cher, 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    Single mom Irmelin Indenbirken, and Leo DiCaprio, pose for a portrait in their home, Los Angeles, California, 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    “My sister and her '66 GTO around 1975. Notice the beer can hanging from the mirror,”

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    1975 high school photo.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    An American office worker, 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    A slice of life in a heat wave in Toxteth, Liverpool. 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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    Emperor Hirohito visits Disneyland, 1975.

    35 Poignant Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1975

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