47 Photos That Prove The 1970s Were Just Better

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1. “My uncle, when his parents moved out in the 1970s.”2. In the 1970s, Ellen O’Neal was the greatest woman freestyle skatboarder on the planet.3. Ozzy Osbourne in the studio recording the first Black Sabbath record in 1970 4. “My uncle’s ‘oregano’ farm in the ’70s.”5. “Uncle Paul waking up the grandparents at 6 am in the ’70s.”6. “My grandmother was one of the first women train conductors for Union Pacific, circa mid-1970s.”7. “Are my parents Kelso and Jackie? This is them in the mid-70s.”8. “Ah, the 1970s, complete with bell-bottoms and long, straight hair. I miss those days.”9. “My old bike gang.”10. Marlene Jobert, French actress and Eva Gren’s mother, in the 1970s.11. Johnny Cash with a kitten in the ’70s.12. Delta Burke in the 1970s.13. Harrison Ford in the kitchen in the ’70s.14. Sam Elliott in the 70s with an extremely cool mustache.15. “My kid’s reaction to meeting Andre the Giant in the early 1970s.”16. Jamie Lee Curtis in the 1970s.17. Couples hanging out in the late 70s.18. “Mid to late 1970s, my dad graduated from a class taught by Chuck Norris.”19. “My dad on the set of a movie he was filming in Cuba in the 70s.”20. The whole cast and crew of Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood in the 70s.21. “My great aunt posing on a Vegas card table with a pile of cash in the early 70s.”22. “My dad skiing in Northern Sweden in the mid-70s.”23. Angelina Jolie’s mother, Marcheline Bertrand, in the 1970s.24. Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) in the 70s.25. Chevy Chase in the late 70s.26. “My mom in the 1970s”27. Ruth Gordon Schnapps, California’s first female structural engineer in the 70s.28. A Japanese girl gang in the 70s.29. Stan Lee and friends.30. Mystery girl from my dad’s old photos.31. Clint Eastwood with a gal pal.32. “My grandfather standing in his life’s work.”33. Two couples in Harlem.34. Robert De Niro with Martin Scorsese in the 70s.35. Anthony Daniels, in his C-3P0 suit, trying to get some shade on the set of Star Wars.36. “My mom’s passport from the 70s.”37. Julius ‘Dr. J’ Irving 38. Members of Kiss applying their makeup.39. Carrie Fisher, Paul Simon, and Shelley Duvall 40. “My mom and dad at the NY State Fair.”41. “My dad and his pet timber wolf in the 70s.”42. “My grandfather joking around with Shel Silverstein on a rooftop in SoHo in the late 70s.”43. Hanging out in the gloriously cool 1970s.44. “In the 70s, our road trip meals were on the side of the road instead of at fast food restaurants.”45. A NASA employee with her high-tech broom at Lewis Field on Halloween in the 70s.46. The van, the outfit, the hair. That’s a lot of 70s.47. This is what the inside of a 7-11 looked like in 1973

Last Updated on July 21, 2025 by Colby Droscher

Now, I won’t even make a case for this, and I’ll let the photos speak for themselves. A time before social media, and cell phones constantly ringing. It was a time when kids could be kids and weren’t focused on making a dance video for TikTok. It was a time when people could sit across from each other without their faces buried in screens, actually enjoying the moment instead of capturing it for likes.

The cars had personality, the music had soul, and even the fast food tasted better. Whether it was hanging out at the roller rink, cruising in a muscle car, or just watching TV when it actually meant something, the ’70s had a magic that’s hard to replicate. Don’t believe me? These 45 photos will make you wish you could step back in time.