Taking history courses and reading textbooks will probably give you a good understanding of the past. The presidents, the wars, the laws; those sort of things. But most of those books have a hard time conveying what life was like back in the day.
Fortunately we have photos for that, and people in the '70s took plenty of them.
Here are 23 photos of life from 1972 that the history books probably skipped.
1
On a Date
With their Bolwell Nagari, a snappy Australian sports car with a Ford V8.
2
Working for KFC
Making $1.10 an hour in 1972.
3
The Band America
Group photo in 1972.
4
Raleigh Chopper Ad
A bicycle in 1972.
5
A Bartender
Serving drinks in 1972.
6
“My Dad”
At the Grand Canyon in 1972.
7
Voting for the First Time
The 1972 presidential race.
8
Getting off the Plane
Spain in 1972.
9
“My Mom in 1972”
“Most likely on mushrooms.”
10
“My Father”
“And his 1972 Lotus Elan Sprint.”
11
Tourist Photo
In front of the Acropolis in 1972.
12
Girls from Festival Theatre in Sea
At Paignton, July, 1972.
13
A Man Combs His Hair Before Dancing
A Bo Diddley concert in 1972.
14
Computer Class
Learning new skills in 1972.
15
A Newlywed Couple
Leaving for their honeymoon in 1972.
16
A High School Homeroom
Brooklyn in 1972.
17
Carly Simon
In 1972, around the time she released “You’re So Vain.”
18
A Woman in Her Garden
Yard work in 1972.
19
Christmas in 1972
A couple six shooters on the belt.
20
Aerosmith
Playing at the Littleton High School Winter Carnival Ball high school dance, before they made it big. 1972.
21
Ready for Prom
A high schooler in 1972.
22
Riding a Lion on Jet Skis
Par for the course in 1972.
23
“My Aunt Mert in 1972”
“An ex-Marine, who out drank and out lived five husbands.”
