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Homecoming - Class of 1974

Your Four Years at Florida Southern College!

A Digital Exhibit Created by Kayla Simons, Work-Study Student

Events in the '70sNotable People of 1974Trends of the '70s


Trends of the 1970s

Fashion

  • Short jackets
  • Turtlenecks
  • Slim fitting shirts
  • Flared pants
  • Plaid, denim, and leisure suits
  • Jersey Wrap dresses
  • Mood rings
  • Sequined halter neck shirts
  • Printed button-down shirts with wide collars
  • The “Big Look”

Hess's Advertisement 1974


Movies

  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
  • Young Frankenstein
  • The Great Gatsby
  • The Godfather Part II
  • Blazing Saddles

Film Reel


TV Shows

  • All in the Family
  • Sanford and Son
  • The Jeffersons
  • Little House on the Prairie
  • Happy Days
  • Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?

All in the Family Cast


Actors

  • Al Pacino
  • Robert DeNiro
  • Robert Redford
  • Jack Nicholson
  • Barbara Streisand
  • Gena Rowlands
  • Goldie Hawn
  • Ellen Burstyn

Al Pacino


Music

  • “The Way We Were”- Barbara Streisand
  • “Dancing Machine”- Jackson 5
  • “Annie’s Song”- John Denver
  • “Waterloo”- ABBA
  • "Killer Queen" - Queen

Queen


Books

  • Jaws by Peter Benchley
  • Poirot’s Early Cases by Agatha Christie
  • Carrie by Stephen King
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré

Peter Benchley Jaws A Novel