PHOTOS: The First Earth Day--Bell-Bottoms and Gas Masks

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 12:21 in Earth & Climate

In 1970, the same year as "Bell Bottom Blues" hit the charts, bell-bottomed greens thronged the first Earth Day events, where they learned, chanted, sweeped—and even littered.

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