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.
EPA's 35th Anniversary
Many former EPA Administrators returned to EPA's Mellon Auditorium on January 18, 2006 to celebrate EPA's 35th anniversary.
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)
Other Resources
Inquiries about more recent photos or requests for photographic reproductions to be used in publications should be e-mailed to Eric Vance, vance.eric@epa.gov, in the EPA Office of Multimedia Operations and Services.