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Documerica Favorites US National Archives and Records Administration
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For the Documerica Project (1971-1977), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hired freelance photographers to capture images relating to environmental problems, EPA activities, and everyday life in the 1970s.
The U.S. National Archives digitized more than 15,000 photographs from the series "DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, compiled 1972-1977" (Record Group 412) (Local ID 412-DA) and included them in our online catalog. Our Web site has quick catalog search links for featured DOCUMERICA topics, locations, and photographers.
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"Document Your Environment" Contest
Learn more about the student multimedia contest offered by the National Archives and the Environmental Protection Agency
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A "City Farmer" Tends His Vegetables in the Fenway Gardens Administered by the Fenway Civic Association, 08/1973
A "City Farmer" Tends His Vegetables in the Fenway Gardens Administered by the Fenway Civic Association. An Outgrowth of the "Victory Gardens" of World War II, the Association Has 600 Members Who Cultivate a Total of 425 Garden Plots in These Five Acres of Metropolitan Boston 08/1973 by Ernst Halberstadt for DOCUMERICA
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A New Father Holds His Child for the First Time in Loretto Hospital in New Ulm, Minnesota, 10/1974
A New Father Holds His Child for the First Time in Loretto Hospital in New Ulm, Minnesota. There Are Two Hospitals in the Town Union Which Is Non-Denominational and Loretto Which Is Catholic They Have Divided Their Services to Specialize and Give More Efficient Service. New Ulm Is a County Seat Trading Center of 13,000 in a Farming Area of South Central Minnesota. It Was Founded in 1854 by a German Immigrant Land Company That Encouraged Kinsmen to Emigrate From Europe 10/1974 by James McTaggart for DOCUMERICA
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A Young Female Fox near Galbraith Lake Camp, 08/1973
A Young Female Fox near Galbraith Lake Camp 08/1973 by Dennis Cowals for DOCUMERICA
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Abandoned Car Under a Palm Tree at Rincon 02/1973
Abandoned Car Under a Palm Tree at Rincon 02/1973 by John Vachon for DOCUMERICA
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Abandoned Car in Jamaica Bay 06/1973
"Abandoned Car in Jamaica Bay 06/1973" by Arthur Tress for DOCUMERICA