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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 36 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 19 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
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
National Postal Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Photographs 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Posters 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Microcomputers 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Decorative arts 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Lunchboxes 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Sound recordings 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Appliances 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Exterior views 2 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 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 29 Filter by term Exclude term
California 10 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 8 Filter by term Exclude term
New York City 6 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 6 Filter by term Exclude term
USA 6 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 5 Filter by term Exclude term
District of Columbia 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Los Angeles 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Washington 3 Filter by term Exclude term

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Currently not on view 19 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery Collection 19 Filter by term Exclude term
Popular Entertainment 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Entertainment 11 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Computers & Business Machines 7 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
Family & Social Life 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Medicine and Science: Computers 7 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Portraits 19 Filter by term Exclude term
Amusements 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Costume 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Women 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Politics 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Sports 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Government 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 9 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

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Remove Date: 1970s

Summer Picnic, 1970

Earth Day Flag

Watergate Breaks Wide Open

Hawaiian shirt worn by Alan Alda as "Hawkeye" Pierce on television series MA*SH

Float Like a Butterfly...Sting Like a Bee

Muhammad Ali

Apple I Microcomputer

Farrah Fawcett

file cabinet

Samuel Ervin

Youth Vote Purse, 1970s

Charlie's Angels

26th Amendment

Richard Nixon

Magnavox Odyssey Video Game Unit, 1972

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

Sheena Is a Punk Rocker;Sheena Is a Punk Rocker

Farewell

Martha Elizabeth Beall Mitchell

Simon Electronic Game, 1978

Prop manacles worn by LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte in Roots

John Wesley Dean, III

Boxing Gloves worn by Muhammad Ali

All in the Family record

Proclamation scroll with declaration written by Maya Angelou, 1977

Tony Hawk's first skateboard

Farrah Fawcett doll with skateboards

1977 Honda Civic CVCC Hatchback

Star Wars: A New Hope Lunch Box

Happy Days Lunch Box

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)

The Bionic Woman Lunch Box

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