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Photo essay of the western US in the 70s

Posted by / July 24, 2013

Oh to be back in the 70s again. I was in college. Life was simple and good!

Photo credit: Dick Rowan/NARA

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  • Went to the river every Memorial Day!
    Ahhhh…
    The memories….the ones I can remember anyway.
    lol

  • wow, you've really changed since that picture was taken

  • Nice fro, man!!

  • Nice shot. Of course, in late 70s I got stuck at the top of a ferris wheel for 2 hours at the Maryland State Fair. Not fun.

  • Inden 70ern  war die schöne und wilde Jugendzeit für mich vorbei dann hebe ich Geheiratet

  • +Paul Garza  and +Jay Zee LMAO!

  • Unless you were at Cedar Point Amusement Park recently.

  • +Edward Harris  Cedar Point, haven't thought about that in decades, as in since the 70's when I last went there.  It's still in business?

  • +David LeBlanc Yes, still very much in business. Just had a boat accident there on one of the rides although no deaths.

  • OK

  • Haha, reminds me Lincoln Hayes!

  • Soul brother. A sentiment that seems to have gone out of fashion (not that clothes make the trope).

  • It was the photo more than anything which got me to check this link out. 🙂

  • A thought of a treehouse lounge bar….imagine a ride to your home through the trees in a dark forest catching the breeze…the hoot owls and such a peaceful idea othwr than a farris wheel taking you in circles to see the busy city with swarms of impoverished people & pavement absorbing the heat of the day.

  • lol thanks you

  • yeah you could always take your girl friend to  White Castle for a buck

  • +Dart Gar  I took some friends and my wife to a White Castle after a wedding reception we went to in Louisville, KY.  That was also a birthday gift to me because we don't have White Castle in Houston and after a good party, it's the perfect place to go and get 'em by the bag.  They didn't get the feeling of the experience, all growing up in Texas.  I was in heaven munching on my sliders.  They just thought they were tiny and odd tasting burgers.  

    Talk about a cultural divide.

  • Miller was a cheap beeer, champale just came out. Taking your date out was affordable then. Korvettes and Alexanders were still around. The music who could forget that. It was simpler and a little scary with Vietnam and the draft.

  • Looking at these photos you can see that the obesity problem had not started yet. What changed ??

  • Guy, is that you in the middle?

  • Mod squad

  • That would be great"! The 70s was a right!!!!!!:-

  • Nice picture of the green mustang

  • TY !!
    Shared on my Baby Boomer Group at FB 😉

  • Life before digital overload… 😉 Sigh

  • Did it get complex and bad?

  • …and Why?