The images are all from the EPA’s “Documerica” project, a 1970’s program to send photographers across the U.S. to “record the state of the environment.” All images are courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration and are in the public domain. The most convenient way to access the images is through the Flickr website.
The selected images represent the “state of the environment” before the 1970 Clean Air Act was fully implemented and before the 1977 and 1990 Amendments were enacted. Please don’t forget those times!
Attributions for individual images:
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: NWDNS-412-DA-5848
Date: 05/1973
Photographer: Higgins, Chester, 1946-
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-11382
Date: 07/1972
Photographer: St. Gil, Marc, 1924-1992
Location: Houston, Texas
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-3643
Date: 06/1972
Photographer: St. Gil, Marc, 1924-1992
Subjects: Marshall, Texas
Date: 08/1972.
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-2753
Photographer: Daniels, Gene
Date: 07/1973
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-7686
Photographer: Aleksandrowicz, Frank J., 1921-
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Date: 09/1972
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-1476
Photographer: Strode, William
Date: 4/1973
Photographer: Alexandrowicz, John L.