Images
Administrators
View photo portraits of former EPA Administrators. Clicking on each photo portrait will take you to a page that includes an image of a painted portrait and more photos of that Administrator.
Documerica
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) maintains "Documerica," the EPA program that photographically documented subjects of environmental concern in the 1970s. The following images are a small sample of the more than 15,000 images NARA hold. To explore more "Documerica" on NARA's web site, follow these instructions.
Air Pollution
- Air Pollution (Birmingham, AL - July, 1972)
- Freeway Traffic (Los Angeles, CA - May, 1972)
- Smog (Los Angeles, CA - May, 1972)
- Smokestack Emissions (New Orleans, LA - March, 1973)
Land Pollution
- Chemical Drums (Fresno Co., CA - May, 1972)
- Crop Dusting (near Fresno, CA - May, 1972)
- Hillside Dump (Sonora, CA - May, 1972)
- Junked Autos (Long Beach, CA - May, 1972)
- Spilled Sulphur (Fresno Co., CA - May, 1972)
Water Pollution
- Dead Fish (Grand Lake, CO - June, 1972)
- Oil Spill (near Lake Powell, UT - October, 1972)
- Polluted River (Longview, WA - September, 1972)
- Shore Scum (Lake Tahoe, NV - May, 1972)