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1978: A Year in the Collections

Disco was still going strong after the release of Saturday Night Fever in 1977. The blockbuster exhibition, Treasures of Tutankhamun, continued to tour the country. In September, President Jimmy Carter invited Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Begin to the presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland, where dual peace accords were negotiated. In October, Pope John Paul II was inaugurated as Pope.


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Disco Lunch Box

Simon Electronic Game, 1978

Honeycomb pool skateboard designed by George Powell and used by Stacy Peralta

Skateboarders Lunch Box

The Bionic Woman Thermos Bottle

Texas Instruments Little Professor Teaching Calculator

Sanyo Microcomputer Monitor used with AppIe I

Bee Gees Lunch Box

Bustin' Loose Part 1

Men’s Rolling Stones T-Shirt

Reader's Digest Brochure, Living With Metrics

National Football League Lunch Box

Boogie Shoes; Boogie Shoes

Dwight D. Eisenhower and Susan B. Anthony's Dollar: Gasparo's Portfolio

Farrah Fawcett Shampoo with Vitamins and Minerals

Puzzle, Rubik's Cube

Environmental Button

Horse Racing Silks, worn by Steve Cauthen

Tennis Racket used by Chris Evert

Diana Nyad

National Skateboard Review, Vol. 3, No. 3, June 1978

Compact Fluorescent Lamp Mock-up

Exidy Sorcerer Microcomputer

Bobby DelVecchio

Jim Fixx

Ted Kennedy

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