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1970s: A Decade in the Collections

Explore collection items related to the 1970s. The Smithsonian's collections represent our nation's shared history, art from across the globe, and the immense diversity of the natural and cultural world.

Museum / Unit

National Portrait Gallery 18 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 6 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Archives Center, National Museum of American History 1 Filter by term Exclude term
National Air and Space Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of the American Indian 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Photographs 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Exterior views 2 Filter by term Exclude term
jackets 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Archival materials 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Drum, amplifier, and accessories 1 Filter by term Exclude term
File Cabinet 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Flag, Earth Day 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Americans 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Native Americans 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Pan-Indian 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1960s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 27 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
2010s 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 16 Filter by term Exclude term
California 6 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 6 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 6 Filter by term Exclude term
District of Columbia 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Washington 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Los Angeles 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Michigan 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Burbank 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Florida 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

National Portrait Gallery Collection 18 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 16 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Clothing - Costume 3 Filter by term Exclude term
America's Presidents - Current 2 Filter by term Exclude term
NPG, West Gallery 210 2 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 2 Filter by term Exclude term
American Presidency 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Black Fashion Museum Collection 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Caroline R. Jones Papers 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Portraits 18 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Costume 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Politics 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Government 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Public officers 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Literature 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Women 8 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

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CC0 7 Filter by term Exclude term

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Earth Day Flag

Watergate Breaks Wide Open

Float Like a Butterfly...Sting Like a Bee

Farrah Fawcett

file cabinet

Samuel Ervin

Charlie's Angels

The World’s First Jumbo Jet

Richard Nixon

Farewell

Martha Elizabeth Beall Mitchell

John Wesley Dean, III

Natalia Makarova in "Dying Swan"

Poster for presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm

Gerald Ford

Experimental Compact Fluorescent Lamp

The Hot New Rich

Jacket for the FAMU Marching Band

Jersey for the Milwaukee Bucks worn and signed by Kareem Abdul-Jabar

Burger King

Drum, amplifier, and accessories

Drum, amplifier, and accessories

Jacket worn by Sherman Hemsley as George Jefferson on The Jeffersons

Jimmy Carter

Denim bucket hat worn by Jimmie Walker as J.J. Evans on Good Times

Gerald Ford and family

Costume jumpsuit for a Quadling in The Wiz on Broadway

Jack Nicholson

Mary Tyler Moore Cast Photo from Fifth Season, 1974

Harvey Milk, 18th & Castro Streets, San Francisco

Glen Campbell

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