Children Play

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Description

Original caption states: “Children Play in Yard of Ruston Home, while Tacoma Smelter Stack Showers Area with Arsenic and Lead Residue.”

This photograph was taken as part of the Documerica project – a social and environmental photography project sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency during the 1970s.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the Environmental Protection Agency.

National Archives Identifier: 545246

Full Citation: 412-DA-2753; Children Play; 8/1972; DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency’s Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, 1972–1977; Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, Record Group 412; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/children-play/, March 29, 2026]

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