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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 Museum of American History 32 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 21 Filter by term Exclude term
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 7 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 6 Filter by term Exclude term
National Air and Space Museum 2 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Archives Center, National Museum of American History 1 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of the American Indian 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Photographs 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Microcomputers 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Posters 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Decorative arts 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Appliances 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Exterior views 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Fill papers 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

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Americans 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Latin 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 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 61 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
2010s 1 Filter by term Exclude term

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United States 27 Filter by term Exclude term
California 12 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 6 Filter by term Exclude term
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District of Columbia 5 Filter by term Exclude term
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New York 3 Filter by term Exclude term
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National Portrait Gallery Collection 21 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 19 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Computers & Business Machines 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Medicine and Science: Computers 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure 7 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Family & Social Life 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Government, Politics, and Reform 5 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Portraits 21 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Politics 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Costume 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Government 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Sports 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Women 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Computers & Business Machines 9 Filter by term Exclude term
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Summer Picnic, 1970

Earth Day Flag

Watergate Breaks Wide Open

Float Like a Butterfly...Sting Like a Bee

Muhammad Ali

Apple I Microcomputer

Farrah Fawcett

file cabinet

Samuel Ervin

Youth Vote Purse, 1970s

Youth Vote Shirt, 1970s

Charlie's Angels

26th Amendment

The World’s First Jumbo Jet

Richard Nixon

Magnavox Odyssey Video Game Unit, 1972

Tennis Dress, worn by Billie Jean King during the "Battle of the Sexes"

Farewell

Martha Elizabeth Beall Mitchell

Simon Electronic Game, 1978

John Wesley Dean, III

Boxing Gloves worn by Muhammad Ali

Proclamation scroll with declaration written by Maya Angelou, 1977

Tony Hawk's first skateboard

Farrah Fawcett doll with skateboards

1977 Honda Civic CVCC Hatchback

Maniac Electronic Game, 1979

Commodore PET 2001 Microcomputer

Gold plated disc with etched designs on the surface. At top left is a circle depicting the record. The dashes along the outer edge, in binary code, show the proper rotational speed for playing the record.

Record, Cover, Voyager (Duplicate)

John Travolta (with Karen Gorney)

Natalia Makarova in "Dying Swan"

Poster for presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm

Sidewall

Gerald Ford

Patty Hearst

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