Gas Rationing System (Odd-Even Plan) is Announced

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Description

The original caption for this photograph reads: Gas Rationing System (Odd-Even Plan) is Announced in an Afternoon Newspaper Being Read at a Service Station With a Sign in the Background Stating No Gas is Available.

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: 555474

Full Citation: 412-DA-13022; Gas Rationing System (Odd-Even Plan) is Announced; 1/1974; 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/gas-rationing-system-announced/, December 22, 2025]

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