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
![Black Children Line Up for Snow Cones from a Sidewalk Vendor on Chicago’s West Side in the Summer of 1973. This Portion of the City Was Hard Hit by Riots and Fires in the Mid and Late 1960’s and Was Slow to Recover […], 1973
Photographer: John H. White
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Black Children Line Up for Snow Cones from a Sidewalk Vendor on Chicago’s West Side in the Summer of 1973. This Portion of the City Was Hard Hit by Riots and Fires in the Mid and Late 1960’s and Was Slow to Recover […], 1973
Photographer: John H. White
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Chicago Illinois John H. White 1973 DOCUMERICA photography the 70s
“The Fruit of Islam”, a Special Group of Bodyguards for Muslim Leader Elijah Muhammad, Sit at the Bottom of the Platform while He Delivers His Annual Savior’s Day Message in Chicago
Photographer: John H. White
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John H. White Chicago Illinois DOCUMERICA photography the 70s 1974
![Black Youngsters Performing on an Empty Lot at 5440 South Princeton Avenue on Chicago’s South Side […], 1973
Photographer: John H. White](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l17k9jWhGX1qbf02no1_500.gif)
Black Youngsters Performing on an Empty Lot at 5440 South Princeton Avenue on Chicago’s South Side […], 1973
Photographer: John H. White
