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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.


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Watergate Breaks Wide Open

Apple I Microcomputer

Samuel Ervin

26th Amendment

Richard Nixon

Sheena Is a Punk Rocker;Sheena Is a Punk Rocker

Farewell

Fonzie's Jacket, worn by Henry Winkler on Happy Days

All in the Family record

Proclamation scroll with declaration written by Maya Angelou, 1977

Mister Rogers' Sweater

1977 Honda Civic CVCC Hatchback

Poster for presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm

Sesame Street Sign

Gerald Ford

1973 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon

Kermit the Frog Puppet

Roberto Clemente

Jacket for the FAMU Marching Band

Apple II Microcomputer

Altair 8800 Microcomputer

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

C-3PO, from Return of the Jedi

Demand Your Rights! March On Washington

Jacket worn by Sherman Hemsley as George Jefferson on The Jeffersons

Jimmy Carter

Saturday Night; Saturday Night

The Trial of Billy Jack Movie Poster

Goodbye, Bruce Lee: His Last Game of Death Movie Poster

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

Mary Tyler Moore Cast Photo from Fifth Season, 1974

Xerox Alto Central Processing Unit

Harvey Milk, 18th & Castro Streets, San Francisco


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