In 1971, the Environmental Protection Agency created the DOCUMERICA Project, a program designed to document and catalogue the effects of the EPA in its efforts towards environmental conservation. After six years, the program was shut down, but the end result was a massive archive of images gathered by over 100 freelance photographers from all across America. A large part of these photographs are now housed on the US National Archives' online catalogue (as well as its Flickr page). These are my favorites.
![One Last Photograph Before Passengers Board the Empire Builder at Fargo, North Dakota, Enroute from Chicago to East Glacier Park, Montana, and Seattle, Washington. The Amtrak Train Was Seven Hours Late Because of a Bridge Washout […], 1974
Photographer: Charles O’Rear](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1r7ltnD6R1qbf02no1_500.gif)
One Last Photograph Before Passengers Board the Empire Builder at Fargo, North Dakota, Enroute from Chicago to East Glacier Park, Montana, and Seattle, Washington. The Amtrak Train Was Seven Hours Late Because of a Bridge Washout […], 1974
Photographer: Charles O’Rear
Tourists at a Hulu Dance Demonstration. Those Who Do the Dance Are Rewarded with Leis, 1973
Photographer: Charles O’Rear
![Honolulu International Airport Handles Almost All of the Island’s Visitors […], 1973
Photographer: Charles O’Rear](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1t5omCAhZ1qbf02no1_500.gif)
Honolulu International Airport Handles Almost All of the Island’s Visitors […], 1973
Photographer: Charles O’Rear
Highway 11 in the Agricultural Area, 1973
Photographer: Charles O’Rear
![In May, 1973, in a Controversial Decision Now in the Courts, the Land Use Commission Agreed to Reclassify 22,340 Acres of the Island of Lanai for Urban Use […], 1973
Photographer: Charles O’Rear](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1t3ftTbue1qbf02no1_500.gif)
In May, 1973, in a Controversial Decision Now in the Courts, the Land Use Commission Agreed to Reclassify 22,340 Acres of the Island of Lanai for Urban Use […], 1973
Photographer: Charles O’Rear
Outrigger Canoes and Surfers at Waikiki Beach, 1973
Photographer: Charles O’Rear
Associate County Court Judge, Fred Burns, On His Daily Bike Ride to the Seward County Courthouse, 1973
Photographer: Charles O’Rear
Looking South Along Country Road in Farmlands of Seward County, 1973
Photographer: Charles O’Rear
Skirts Whirl in the 33rd Annual Square Dance Festival, Held in Pershing Auditorium, 1937
Photographer: Charles O’Rear
With Pineapple Fields as His Arena, Henri Aki Takes His Horse for a Late Afternoon Training Session near Lanai City. Pineapple Growing Takes Up 16,000 Acres of the Island’s Territory, 1973
Photographer: Charles O’Rear
