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.
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
Members of the Golden Circle Senior Citizen Club of Fairmont Holding Quilt They Made. The Quilt Was Raffled Off During the Fairmont Centennial in May, 1973
Photographer: Charles O’Rear
Interstate 80, 1973
Photographer: Charles O’Rear
