38 Wild Photos From The 1970s That Show How Unrecognizable Life Was Just 50 Years Ago

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The 1970s don't feel like they were that long ago – especially if you were born in them, or near them – but the truth is half a century has passed since then. And the world sure does look a whole lot different, as these vintage photos show...

1. This family spending the evening watching TV like this:

2. This high-tech calculator watch:

3. This much-used line of phone booths:

4. This cutting edge portable telephone:

6. This bookkeeping room at the Bank of America:

7. This ordinary, colorful array of cars:

8. This everyday streetwear:

9. This ordinary subway trip with nothing to do but stare into space, out the window, or at a newspaper:

10. These ladies getting their daily news:

11. This model flying first class:

12. These new parents taking their baby home in the back of a car, not a seatbelt in sight:

13. This metal and concrete playground:

14. This toy wig to "wear your hair like mommy":

15. These students protesting physical punishment in schools:

19. This lion visiting a children's hospital ward to cheer them up:

20. This pregnant woman contemplating whether smoking is bad for babies:

21. These grocery prices:

24. This very fancy dinner:

25. This meat salad recipe:

26. This incredible deal:

27. This futuristic stereo system:

28. This cinema promotion:

29. This 3D movie audience:

30. This display of suntan lotions:

31. This woman using a homemade reflector to "enhance" her suntan:

32. This exterior of McDonald's:

35. This pro athlete having a cigarette break during a training session:

36. This gigantic cigarette advertisement:

37. This "five-minute" hair dryer:

38. And finally, this magazine cover:

What's something you remember from the '70s that would be totally weird today? Share in the comments or the anonymous form.

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