Here's every 70s Christmas as represented by a single photograph.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

A 10" color television and a Radio Flyer wagon. The Radio Flyer for sure and the television maybe were made in the US. It's too bad the Radio Flyer doesn't have pneumatic tires.

Here’s every 70s Christmas as represented by a single photograph.

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[Aristus]

1. If that huge TV console didn't sell the 70's angle,

that set of Grolier encyclopedias would have.

[debm55]

13. Is ttat the encyclopedia you got for 39 cents with every purchase at Kroger food store?

[ProfessorGAC]

16. We Had Compton's Encyclopedia

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My parents wanted a set in the house, but didn't want to spring for Britannica.
One cool thing is that Compton's sent out a yearly volume with new history & revisions to existing entries.
I always looked forward to that showing each spring

[Sanity Claws]

2. I would have put it more like 1960s.

I don't remember those wagons make their way into the 1970s. But then again, I lived in New York. They might have been still used in the Midwest.

[deRien]

3. We bought our son

a red wagon in 1987! Still in the garage!

[Bev54]

8. I had that very recliner with the cloth seat in the late 70's and early 80's

I think that carpet is also very similar to what I had.

[ThoughtCriminal]

4. Seems like everybody had a portable B&W TV sitting

on top of a big color console that didn't work anymore and too expensive to fix.

[whopis01]

6. 1970s style Picture-in-Picture.... n/t

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

14. Two TVs!

One with the picture, one with the sound.

[blm]

5. Looks more like mid to late 60s to me.

[Wednesdays]

7. Ah! The pumpkin orange carpet of the era

All that is missing is some avocado green.

[debm55]

17. And the velour recliner.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Definitely 1970s. I had that console TV up until 2020. And it still worked.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

10. The Radio Flyer wagon in the picture is a Radio Flyer 90 model.

Most of the links are to sites trying to sell one or asking how much they're worth.

https://www.google.com/search?q=radio+flyer+90

[rownesheck]

11. It's shocking

how much that photo resembles the living room of my boyhood home.

[lostnfound]

12. Me too!

I can picture myself in the brown corduroy jumper dress my nom made me. Hair pulled back with a barrette.
Same carpet, same tv. Same ambience.

[Luciferous]

18. I was thinking it looks like my grandma's house

[MissB]

20. Same

Absolutely

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Radio Flyers Had Pneumatic Wheels???

I was unaware those existed. I know I never saw one and we had lots of kids in our neighborhood.
Now, I wish I had one when I was little.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

24. Pneumatic tires, yes, some of them.

Those were the all-terrain models. You can upgrade a standard Radio Flyer to an all-terrain Radio Flyer by installing the pneumatic tires.

I find mine invaluable for hauling home loads of goodies from the Aldi.

[ProfessorGAC]

25. That's A Good Plan!

My wife's friend has a yard cart with pneumatic tires. She has RA so being able to get all her stuff in one shot is useful and she loves the gardening.
I've never seen a wagon like this with those tires. But, it's a great idea.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

26. It's not a rental model.

It's like an LTD instead of a Custom, if you think of it in terms of 1967 Fords.

This here would be your Country Squire. These kids are riding in style.

All-Terrain Steel & Wood Wagon

[ProfessorGAC]

28. Ah, I See

Our friend's yard cart looks very similar except the platform has much shorter walls. Probably only an inch.
I've also seen similar carts used by pipefitters in manufacturing sites, but those are heavy duty as there might be 300# of fittings on it.
It's cool they put those on a wagon.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

29. Sounds like an "All-Terrain Cargo Wagon"

With solid tires, it's called a "Town & Country."

Town & Country® Wagon: Wooden Wagon for Kids





With pneumatic tires, it's called an "All-Terrain Cargo Wagon."

I had one. My brother threw it away.

The all-terrain version looks as if it has a longer wheelbase. It appears to have more legroom. The wood panels won't interchange.

All-Terrain Cargo Wagon

[ProfessorGAC]

30. That's It!

Except her cart has soft tires.
But, it looks just like that.

[Jade Fox]

19. Record player.....ha!

[FakeNoose]

21. This looks like my parents' house of the late 60s

We had green carpet but at some point it was changed to burnt orange. The only difference is my parents always got a full-size tree, never a table-topper.

[LudwigPastorius]

22. Close, but...

no Mom passed out on the naugahyde couch with a 2 inch ashed Virginia Slim between her fingers.

So, invalid.

[Boomerproud]

23. Is that shag carpeting?

Oh yea. Memories

[jcgoldie]

27. I love the days of the little tv sitting on top of the big console TV...

...that was broken but nobody got around to hauling it out yet...