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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 National Archives digitized part of the series "Documerica" (Local ID 412-DA). More than 15,000 of these images are available in our online catalog.

Alabama (National Archives Identifier 545488) Alaska (National Archives Identifier 550386) Arizona (National Archives Identifier 544376) Arkansas (National Archives Identifier 537385) Atlanta (National Archives Identifier 557756)
Boston (National Archives Identifier 550038) California (National Archives Identifier 543401) Chicago (National Archives Identifier 556230) Cleveland (National Archives Identifier 550150) Colorado (National Archives Identifier 544869)
Columbia River (National Archives Identifier 553816) Connecticut (National Archives Identifier 305282) Delaware (National Archives Identifier 555542) Florida (National Archives Identifier 548683) Fresno (National Archives Identifier 542502)
Georgia (National Archives Identifier 557774) Great Lakes (National Archives Identifier 556295) Gulf of Mexico (National Archives Identifier 544570) Hawaii (National Archives Identifier 553762) Houston (National Archives Identifier 545856)
Idaho (National Archives Identifier 548162) Illinois (National Archives Identifier 552498) Indiana (National Archives Identifier 546437) Iowa (National Archives Identifier 522459) Jamaica Bay (National Archives Identifier 547892)
Kansas (National Archives Identifier 557146) Kentucky (National Archives Identifier 556545) Key Largo (National Archives Identifier 548713) King's River (National Archives Identifier 542700) Los Angeles (National Archives Identifier 557519)
Maine (National Archives Identifier 550646) Maryland (National Archives Identifier 546813) Massachusetts (National Archives Identifier 549295) Miami (National Archives Identifier 548645) Michigan (National Archives Identifier 547182)
Minneapolis (National Archives Identifier 551456) Minnesota (National Archives Identifier 558130) Mississippi (National Archives Identifier 550766) Mississippi River (National Archives Identifier 552820) Missouri (National Archives Identifier 556027)
Missouri River (National Archives Identifier 557091) Montana (National Archives Identifier 556102) Nevada (National Archives Identifier 543617) New Hampshire (National Archives Identifier 557822) New Jersey (National Archives Identifier 549902)
New Mexico (National Archives Identifier 556618) New Orleans (National Archives Identifier 548288) New York (National Archives Identifier 547881) New York City (National Archives Identifier 556813) Newark, New Jersey (National Archives Identifier 555760)
North Carolina (National Archives Identifier 305302) Ohio (National Archives Identifier 557922) Ohio River (National Archives Identifier 543892) Oklahoma (National Archives Identifier 556029) Oregon (National Archives Identifier 555432)
Pennsylvania (National Archives Identifier 557263) Philadelphia (National Archives Identifier 0) Pittsburgh (National Archives Identifier 557237) Rhode Island (National Archives Identifier 547638) San Francisco (National Archives Identifier 557541)
Seattle (National Archives Identifier 554955) South Carolina (National Archives Identifier 546966) South Dakota (National Archives Identifier 284161) Tennessee (National Archives Identifier 556326) Texas (National Archives Identifier 557644)
Tucson (National Archives Identifier 555346) Utah (National Archives Identifier 545775) Vermont (National Archives Identifier 555524) Virginia (National Archives Identifier 556341) Washington (National Archives Identifier 552231)
Washington, D.C. (National Archives Identifier 546746) West Virginia (National Archives Identifier 557405) Wisconsin (National Archives Identifier 550846) Wyoming (National Archives Identifier 549223)  

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