30 Photos That’ll Take You Back to 1978
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Alina WangJuly 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Split image: On the left, a woman in a pink dress smiles beside a man in a black jacket. On the right, a performer jumps mid-air on stage before a large cheering crowd.
Whether it was disco beats dominating dance parties, shag carpeting that was somehow still in style, or fashion choices that were sure to turn heads (hello, sparkly sequins and ultra-wide bell-bottoms), 1978 was a year that wasn’t afraid to be loud and proud. Kids tinkered with their Ataris, Studio 54 and the Bee Gees were in full swing, and everyone obsessed over John Travolta’s dance moves in “Grease” and “Saturday Night Fever.” Feeling nostalgic? Take a look at these vintage photos that capture some of the highs and lows of 1978.
1. People Trudge Through a Snowstorm in Times Square, New York City
Animera-film/Reddit.com2. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John at the Premiere of ‘Grease’
UserDeleted/Reddit.com3. … And Here’s Travolta Being Goofy Behind the Scenes
Tractoro/Reddit.com4. ‘Found in a Yearbook From 1978’
Tonywanknobi/Reddit.com5. On January 1, 1978, the Soundtrack for ‘Saturday Night Fever’ Started a 24-Week Streak at the Top of the Billboard Album Chart
SupremoZanne/Reddit.com6. ‘At the Rolling Stones Concert in Philadelphia, 1978’
Slow-moving-sloth/Reddit.com7. The First Garfield Comic, Released on June 19, 1978
abrasive935hobby/Reddit.com8. ‘My Family, Circa 1978’
mrstokes16/Reddit.com9. ‘Mork & Mindy,’ Starring Robin Williams and Pam Dawber, Premiered on TV on September 14, 1978, Launching Williams Into Stardom
DaveyBoy1995/Reddit.com10. Pope John Paul I Meets Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, the Future John Paul II
DarwinsKoala/Reddit.com11. A View of Sunset Strip in Los Angeles
j3434/Reddit.com12. Brian Wilson and Maurice Gibb of the Beach Boys Hanging Out
The_Laughing_Gravy/Reddit.com13. Cult Leader Jim Jones Pictured Months Before the Jonestown Massacre
UserDeleted/Reddit.com14. The Bee Gees at the Height of Their Fame
GOMD777/Reddit.com15. Newspaper Clipping of ‘Super Babe’ Louise Brown, the First IVF Baby Born in the UK on July 25, 1978
UserDeleted/Reddit.com16. ‘Dolly Parton at Her After-Concert Party, 1978’
justchuck1070/Reddit.com17. Elton John Pictured With Friends at an Event
Stor1713/Reddit.com18. ‘Andy Warhol Partying at the Legendary Studio 54 Nightclub in New York, 1978’
youmywang_g/Reddit.com19. Taito Launches Its Popular Atari Game: ‘Space Invaders’
Doe79prvtToska/Reddit.com20. ‘My Dad’s Senior Pictures From 1978’
AshySwagger/Reddit.com21. Just a Girl Listening to Some Tunes on a Sea of Shag Carpeting
Quick_Presentation11/Reddit.com22. Baby’s First Color TV
SomethingTurtle / Reddit.com23. ‘Disco Sally, a 78-Year-Old Studio 54 Regular, 1978.’ What a Legend
jocke75/Reddit.com24. Protestors Raise Their Fists in Solidarity During the Equal Rights Amendment March in Washington, D.C., July 1978
Ann E. Zelle/Getty Images25. Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, Rocking a Rainbow Hawaii Hat
UserDeleted/Reddit.com26. ‘A Beautiful Behind-the-Scenes Look at the 1978 Film ‘Halloween”
Radiant-Cherry-3469/Reddit.com27. Van Halen Rocking Out at the Texas Jam Fest in Dallas, Texas
FollowingTop8854/Reddit.com28. Black Sabbath Plays Its Final Show With Its Original Lineup Featuring Ozzie Osbourne on December 11, 1978, in New Mexico
j3434/Reddit.com29. ‘Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, 1978’
tonyiommi70/Reddit.com30. The Year Was 1978, and Bell-Bottoms Were In
Current_Mood_3744/Reddit.comHere’s what else was going on in the ’70s:
Read 15 Defining Moments That Shaped the 1970s for a peek into what everyone was talking about, or check out 25 Quirky Food Ads From the 1970s to see what people were buying at the grocery store. These 11 Popular Products From the 1970s will definitely take you down memory lane.
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