DOCUMERICA photographs

May 1972: Night lights, Las Vegas

Aug. 1973: Taxis on 5th Ave. near 48th Street, Manhattan

Aug. 1973: Tourists in a dune buggy, Silver Lake State Park

May 1974: Two men, Chicago’s South Side

Oct. 1973: Black student welders, Chicago

Mar. 1974: Close-up of the World Trade Center

Oct. 1973: Hula tourist

Jun. 1972: Sunset, Birmingham, Alabama

May 1972: Visitors sunbathing at Lake Mead

Apr. 1974: Father and son warning to gas thieves, Portland, Oregon

May 1972: Contrail at dusk, Searchlight, Nevada

Jul. 1973: Pink Floyd, Columbia, Maryland

Jun. 1973: Dancing to a rock band at ‘Duffs’, Minneapolis

Apr. 1974: Clarice Brown, 19

Oct. 1973: Isaac Hayes performs at ‘Black Expo’

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Oct. 1974: Students arrive by schoolbus,New Ulm, Minnesota

Jun. 1973: On the beach, Rocky Point, Baltimore

May 1972: Railroad and transmission lines near Salton Sea, California

May 1973: School children, Port Welcome, Baltimore, Maryland

May 1973: Dredging, Dundalk Marine Terminal

Feb. 1974: Gas station stop, Cascade Mountains

Jun. 1974: Construction rubble, East River, Manhattan

May 1973: Construction workers on their lunch hour, Cincinnati

Apr. 1972: Side window of a well-traveled Volkswagen, New York

Jul. 1972: Campers at Lake Garner, Texas

May 1972: Night lights, Las Vegas

May 1973: Approaching the entrance to Staten Island Ferry, New York

Jul. 1974: Avenue D Housing Project, Manhattan

Jun. 1973: Beach at Little Duck Key, Key West, Florida

May 1973: New York Skyline from Staten Island Ferry

Nov. 1972: Deer hunters relax between kills, Leakey

May 1972: Little League baseball field built on sanitary landfill

May 1973: Woman in Lincoln Park, Chicago

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PEOPLE

August 1973: Watching the Bud Billiken parade, Chicago

(John H. White)

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May 1973: Construction workers on their lunch hour, Cincinnati

May 1973: Approaching the entrance to Staten Island Ferry, New York

May 1973: Woman in Lincoln Park, Chicago

Feb. 1973: Children in an alley in Rogers Park, Chicago

Oct. 1974: Lutheran church-goers, New Ulm, Minnesota

Jul. 1973: A jobless man sits on a windowsill, Chicago

Nov. 1974: Members of the New Ulm Battery, Minnesota

Oct. 1973: Sea Transit ferry, Hawaii

Jul. 1974: Man on a bench, Riis Park Boardwalk, New York City

Jun. 1972: Teenager, Second Ward, El Paso

Jun. 1973: Black men at the entrance to a pool hall

Aug. 1973: Float at the Buf Biliken Day Parade, Chicago

Aug. 1973: Major General Acklin, Leader of the Kadets of America

Jun. 1973: Residents of Century Village retirement community, Palm Beach

Oct. 1973: Children at 40th and Drexel Boulevard, Chicago

May 1974: Two men, Chicago’s South Side

May 1973: Paiute Indian children, Nixon Pyramid Lake reservation

May 1973: Queueing for free gifts, Herald Square, Manhattan

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BUILDINGS

June 1974: Manhattan Bridge Tower, Brooklyn

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Jul. 1974: Avenue D Housing Project, Manhattan

Sep. 1973: Tetroon airborne buoys over Los Angeles

Oct. 1974: Churchgoers leave St. Mary’s, New Ulm, Minnesota

May 1973: Great Kills Park, Staten Island

Oct. 1974: Old style cash register and canned goods, New Ulm

Mar. 1974: Close-up of the World Trade Center

May 1973: The Chrysler Building in New York smog

May 1972: Tyler, Texas

Feb. 1973: Mountain farm, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Feb. 1973: Condominium, Luguillo Beach, Puerto Rico

May 1972: Store fronts, Fresno County, California

May 1972: Hole N “The Rock”, Moab, Utah

May 1972: Night lights, Las Vegas, Nevada

Jun. 1974: Manhattan Bridge Tower, Brooklyn

June 1974: Experimental house, Taos, New Mexico

April 1972: Shop is evacuated, Louisville, Kentucky

June 1973: Movie theatre, Berlin, New Hampshire

June 1972: Cut-rate gas station operates out of bus

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PORTRAITS

Apr. 1974: Clarice Brown, 19

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Feb. 1973: Swedish painter, Rockport, Massachusetts

Oct. 1974: “Wolf River Bob”, White Cloud, Kansas

Mar. 1974: EPA Inspector, New Jersey

May 1972: Uranium miner at lunch, Rifle, Colorado

Oct. 1973: Black student welders, Chicago

May 1973: Girl with a flower, Fountain Square, Cincinnati

Jul. 1975: A teenage girl shows off her stereo

May 1973: High-school age student, Chicago

May 1972: Young man in a Chicano Alleyway, El Paso

May 1972: Uranium miner at lunch

Jun. 1974: Waiter in the lounge car

Jul. 1972: Young migrant worker

May 1972: Young man in El Paso’s second ward, a Chicano neighborhood

Oct. 1974: Mary Louise White Cloud Rhodd

Jul. 1974: Participant in a kiddies parade

Apr. 1974: Clarice Brown, 19

Jun. 1973: John Redding, a Sarpy Basin rancher, Montana

Jun. 1973: Les Best, a Sarpy Basin rancher, Montana

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POLLUTION

May 1972: National Metals Junkyard

(Bruce McAllister)

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May 1972: Railroad and transmission lines near Salton Sea, California

May 1972: Abandoned auto, Dove Creek, Dolores, Colorado

Jun. 1972: Solid waste is dumped into trenches, Fort Smith

Jun. 1973: Aftermath of the “Old Milwaukee Days” parade

May 1975: Union Carbide ferro-alloy plant, Alloy, West Virginia

May 1973: Approaching Logan Airport, Boston

May 1972: Jet-plane comes in for landing at Love Field

Jun. 1972: Sunset, Birmingham, Alabama

Apr. 1972: Litter picking at the Chattahoochee River

May 1973: Bicyclist holds her ears

Jul. 1972: Smoke-belching chimneys and smog-obscured city

Jul. 1972: Smog, Birmingham, Alabama

May 1972: Empty pesticide cans, Fresno, California

Jun. 1973: Cold drink cans, Islamorada, Florida Keys

May 1972: Hobo camp, Idaho Springs, Colorado

Jun. 1972: Sunset over Olin-Mathieson Plant, Calcasieu

Nov. 1972: Smokestacks of a chemical plant, Corpus Christi

Jun. 1972: The Atlas Chemical Company, Marshall, Texas

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WORK

Jun. 1973: Spring roundup of Paiute-owned cattle

(Jonas Dovydenas)

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Jun. 1974: Construction rubble, East River, Manhattan

May 1972: Cattle drive, Nucla, Colorado

Jul. 1974: Coal company truck, Chandlersville, Ohio

May 1973: Spurs on a ranch-hand’s boots, Texas

May 1974: J.L. Bolen and his wife, Besoco, West Virginia

May 1972: Uranium miner at lunch, Rifle, Colorado

Jun. 1973: Oil wells near Teapot Dome, Wyoming

Jul. 1974: Christy Hengel, concertina manufacturer

Oct. 1973: Black student welders, Chicago

May 1975: Union Carbide ferro-alloy plant, Alloy, West Virginia

Feb. 1973: Mountain farm, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Jul. 1973: Oldlands Summer Cow-camp, Rifle, Colorado

Jul. 1972: Young migrant worker

Jun.1973: Threshing at the Pierson Park airfield

Jun. 1973: Sub-bituminous coal, Billings, Montana

Jun. 1973: 750 MW Power Plant, North Platte, Wyoming

Jun. 1973: Bud Redding, Rancher, Montana

Jun. 1972: Migrant workers return home at dusk, Colorado

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LEISURE

Jul. 1973: Pink Floyd, Columbia, Maryland

(Erik Calonius)

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Jun. 1973: On the beach, Rocky Point, Baltimore

Jul. 1972: Campers at Lake Garner, Texas

May 1972: Night lights, Las Vegas

Jun. 1973: Beach at Little Duck Key, Key West, Florida

Nov. 1972: Deer hunters relax between kills, Leakey

May 1972: Little League baseball field built on sanitary landfill

Sep. 1973: Two boys, Nashua River, Masachusetts

Jul. 1974: “Snoopy”, Children’s Parade, New Ulm, Minnesota

Jun. 1973: Rock concert, steps of the State Capitol, West Virginia

Aug. 1973: Tourists in a dune buggy, Silver Lake State Park

Aug. 1973: Float at the Buf Biliken Day Parade, Chicago

Jun. 1973: Annual “Old Milwaukee Days” Circus Parade

May 1973: Pinball machines, Bagnell Dam, Lake of the Ozarks

Jun. 1973: Residents of Century Village retirement community, Palm Beach

Oct. 1972: Test of skill, Alabama State Fair

Jun. 1973: Aftermath of the “Old Milwaukee Days” parade

May 1973: Snack bar in Broad Channel, Jamaica Bay

May 1973: Children on swings behind Smith elementary school, Columbus

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TRANSPORT

May 1972: Contrail at dusk, Searchlight, Nevada

(Charles O’Rear)

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Oct. 1974: Students arrive by schoolbus,New Ulm, Minnesota

May 1972: Railroad and transmission lines near Salton Sea, California

May 1973: Dredging, Dundalk Marine Terminal

Feb. 1974: Gas station stop, Cascade Mountains

Apr. 1972: Side window of a well-traveled Volkswagen, New York

May 1973: Approaching the entrance to Staten Island Ferry, New York

Jun. 1973: Beach at Little Duck Key, Key West, Florida

May 1973: New York Skyline from Staten Island Ferry

May 1972: Auto-dump, Henderson, Las Vegas

May 1972: Junked automobiles, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Jun. 1974: Engineer of the Lone Star passenger train

Aug. 1973: Taxis on 5th Ave. near 48th Street, Manhattan

May 1972: Abandoned auto, Dove Creek, Dolores, Colorado

Apr. 1973: Traffic jam, Herald Square, Manhattan

Jun. 1972: Automobile, Second Ward, El Paso, Texas

Jun. 1973: Matthew Vieira, Logan Airport

Jun. 1973: Checking out a motorcycle, Chicago

May 1973: Heavily tagged Subway car, NYC

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