30 More Photos of What the World Looked Like in 1972

Daniel Bonfiglio Published 12/07/2024 in wow

In 1972, Americans were fighting in Vietnam, the IRA was fighting in Ireland, and high schoolers were smoking in schools. They wre chaotic times, but a lot of us look back on them as the best of times.

We've already shown you 40 fascinating photos of what the world looked like in 1972, but here are 30 more.

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1.
A man, a gal, and a car in 1972.
2.
When potato chips were sold in a box and only 59 cents in 1972.
3.
Burger Chef, 1972.
4.
Survivors of the Infamous 1972 Andes plane crash. The passengers resorted to cannibalism to survive 72 days in the snow.
5.
George Carlin being arrested for violating Wisconsin's obscenity laws after performing the controversial routine "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television." May 27th, 1972.
6.
Big friend group, 1972.
7.
Last known photograph of 33rd US President Harry S. Truman, March 1972.
8.
Actress Jane Fonda visits the positions of Vietnamese anti-aircraft gunners. Hanoi, 1972.
9.
Boston, Massachusetts, summer of 1972.
10.
British students in Hyde Park, London protest caning, a form of corporal punishment. 1972.
11.
“My Dad and his best friend. We think the picture was taken in 1972.”
12.
Richard Cavett interviews Raquel Welch on his show in 1972.
13.
IRA warnings on Lower Falls Road, West Belfast, March 1972.
14.
Ronald Reagan campaigning for Richard Nixon, February, 1972.
15.
Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, 1972.
16.
Camping ground, 1972.
17.
Eating by candlelight during a 1972 power cut in the United Kingdom, Ironbridge power station in the background.
18.
Sandwiches for sale. London, 1972.
19.
Paul Newman and Clint Eastwood, 1972.
20.
Caroline Munro gets a shoeshine, 1972.
21.
Father Yod and his wives at the Source Family commune, Los Angeles, California, 1972.
22.
A milkman wearing the new prize-winning uniform, designed to make him more attractive to British housewives, 1972.
23.
Detroit, 1972.
24.
In Blumenau, a German colony in southern Brazil, circa 1972.
25.
Carrie Fisher and her mom Debbie Reynolds in 1972.
26.
The 'smoking area' of a high school in South Charleston, West Virginia, 1972.
27.
August 13, 1972, Philadelphia. 67-year-old Karl Wallenda walks a tightrope 140 feet in the air between games of a Phillies-Expos doubleheader, doing a headstand halfway across. He was paid $3,000 for his efforts.
28.
An FBI agent delivering a $1 million ransom to a plane hijacker, in his underwear. 1972.
29.
Harrison H. Schmitt of the Apollo 17 mission investigates a large lunar boulder with rover behind. Dec. 13, 1972.
30.
“My father, 1972, with his Lotus Elan Sprint.”

1.
A man, a gal, and a car in 1972.
2.
When potato chips were sold in a box and only 59 cents in 1972.
3.
Burger Chef, 1972.
4.
Survivors of the Infamous 1972 Andes plane crash. The passengers resorted to cannibalism to survive 72 days in the snow.
5.
George Carlin being arrested for violating Wisconsin's obscenity laws after performing the controversial routine "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television." May 27th, 1972.
6.
Big friend group, 1972.
7.
Last known photograph of 33rd US President Harry S. Truman, March 1972.
8.
Actress Jane Fonda visits the positions of Vietnamese anti-aircraft gunners. Hanoi, 1972.
9.
Boston, Massachusetts, summer of 1972.
10.
British students in Hyde Park, London protest caning, a form of corporal punishment. 1972.
11.
“My Dad and his best friend. We think the picture was taken in 1972.”
12.
Richard Cavett interviews Raquel Welch on his show in 1972.
13.
IRA warnings on Lower Falls Road, West Belfast, March 1972.
14.
Ronald Reagan campaigning for Richard Nixon, February, 1972.
15.
Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, 1972.
16.
Camping ground, 1972.
17.
Eating by candlelight during a 1972 power cut in the United Kingdom, Ironbridge power station in the background.
18.
Sandwiches for sale. London, 1972.
19.
Paul Newman and Clint Eastwood, 1972.
20.
Caroline Munro gets a shoeshine, 1972.
21.
Father Yod and his wives at the Source Family commune, Los Angeles, California, 1972.
22.
A milkman wearing the new prize-winning uniform, designed to make him more attractive to British housewives, 1972.
23.
Detroit, 1972.
24.
In Blumenau, a German colony in southern Brazil, circa 1972.
25.
Carrie Fisher and her mom Debbie Reynolds in 1972.
26.
The 'smoking area' of a high school in South Charleston, West Virginia, 1972.
27.
August 13, 1972, Philadelphia. 67-year-old Karl Wallenda walks a tightrope 140 feet in the air between games of a Phillies-Expos doubleheader, doing a headstand halfway across. He was paid $3,000 for his efforts.
28.
An FBI agent delivering a $1 million ransom to a plane hijacker, in his underwear. 1972.
29.
Harrison H. Schmitt of the Apollo 17 mission investigates a large lunar boulder with rover behind. Dec. 13, 1972.
30.
“My father, 1972, with his Lotus Elan Sprint.”