These 20 Photos Of Missouri In The 1970s Are Truly Mesmerizing
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Stephanie Butler
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The 1970s were a pretty interesting time with some crazy fashions. Young boys wore leisure suits (if their parents dressed them that way…mine did), girls had “Farrah Fawcet” hair, and the decor was oranges, browns, and greens. Disco, hippies, bell-bottoms, and the “me decade.” Shall we visit?
Pam Schumacher, waitress, poses for a photograph at "The Clown," a floating restaurant at Osage Beach.
A nearby rubbish heap doesn’t faze this sunbather on a rocky shore.
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Steadying a runabout along a rocky beach at Horseshoe Bend. This spit of land is as remote and undisturbed as can be found anywhere in the lake area.
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Water Patrol supervisor, Dan Needham, stops to refuel at Bikini Beach, a floating service station with a self-explanatory name. The attendant is Jill Phillips, a college student working summers.
Stage left.
Vice-Presidential Candidate Bob Dole is on the far left, then Nancy Reagan. Ronald Reagan is at the center shaking hands with President Gerald Ford. Vice-President Nelson Rockefeller is just to the right of Ford, followed by Susan Ford and First Lady Betty Ford.
Junk cars are being brought to a local factory that processes scrap metal.
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Penguin Park has been a Kansas City landmark for nearly 50 years. In the 1970s, Penguin Park was one of the most popular parks in the northern sector of the city. It began with the landmark penguin and other attractions were added over the years.
Which picture was your favorite? I love the kids at Penguin Park. In fact, I think I had that shirt the little girl is wearing. Were you in Missouri in the 1970s? Share your photos, comments, and stories below.
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