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.
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
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
Oahu Sugar Company Mill at Waipahu Belches Black Smoke Over Its Green Sugar Cane Fields, 1973
Photographer: Charles O’Rear
