1973 in Focus: 30 Vintage Photos That Tell the Story of a Pivotal Year
The year 1973 was full of change and entirely groovy. The U.S. pulled out of Vietnam, Roe v. Wade shook up the courts, and gas lines stretched for blocks as the oil crisis took hold. On the flip side, bell-bottoms were in full swing, Pink Floyd dropped “The Dark Side of the Moon,” and a little horse named Secretariat ran straight into the history books. These 1973 photos represent how electric the year was.
1. Tattoo Time
2. Young Love
3. Why Do We Feel Like We Can Smell This Party?
4. Teen Working at a Local Grocery Store
5. The National Bank Tower in Portland, Oregon
6. JCPenney Spring/Summer Catalog
7. Goldie and the Globetrotters
8. Beginning of the Senate Watergate Hearings
9. Roe v. Wade Protest
10. Riding Horses in Amsterdam on a ‘Motorless Day’ During the Oil Crisis
11. Rick Steves Heading to a Backpacking Trip in Europe
12. One Cool Band
13. Good Golly, Miss Dolly
14. The Yellow Counters at 7-11 Were a Total Vibe
15. Chris Farley at Age 9
16. Honeymooners
17. A Day in Central Park
18. Pink Bell-Bottoms, Pink Platforms, Pink Volvo
19. Johnny Cash on the Set of ‘Sesame Street’
20. Charging an Electric AMC Gremlin at a Curbside Charging Station in Seattle
21. McDonald’s Menu … Look at Those Prices!
22. Hiking Mount St. Helens 7 Years Before it Erupted
23. A Boy Selling Lemonade in His Front Yard
24. Man Who Shipped His Bike Over to England and Rode All Over Europe on It
25. When Marlon Brando Rejected His Oscar for ‘The Godfather,’ Allowing Sacheen Littlefeather To Stand Against Hollywood’s Portrayal of Native Americans
26. Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin With a Dove That Flew Into His Hand During a Concert
27. Twin Peaks in San Francisco
28. Boating on the Fourth of July
29. That First Job Feeling
30. Secretariat Winning at Belmont
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