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Welcome! On the US National Archives Exhibits blog, we are sharing items related to the Archives’ current exhibition “Searching for the Seventies: the DOCUMERICA Photography Project.” DOCUMERICA, a 1971-1977 Environmental Protection Agency project accumulated more than 21,000 images. Come here to discover a new one each day.

Send your questions, comments, and observations while in the exhibit, at work, on your couch, or—better yet—exploring the built or natural environment. Our virtual docents will lead you on a tour of this fascinating glimpse into the 1970s.

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Images and stories from the National Archives related to “Searching for the Seventies: the DOCUMERICA Photography Project,” the newest exhibition on display at the Archives' facility in Washington, DC.

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It’s Flashback Friday! Do you have a photograph of someone in your family in a powder blue tuxedo?

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“A patron of ‘Sammy’s Bowery Follies,’ a downtown bar, sleeping at his table while the resident cat laps at his beer, 12/1947”

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Get it while it’s hot! You only have until January 3, 2012, to see “What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam” before it closes. This photograph of a be-napkined...

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December 16th is National Chocolate Covered Anything Day

Yummmm Chocolate!

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