A burned out shell is all that remains of the house vacated by the Ernest Watkins family in the Mulkey Square Area.
5/1975
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Full Caption: A burned out shell is all that remains of the house vacated by the Ernest Watkins family in the Mulkey Square Area. Including the front porch where they enjoyed gathering. The house was set afire by vandals after they had moved. It took the Watkins two months to find rental housing within their price range on the other side of town in Kansas City, Kansas. Many of the low income residents living in Mulkey Square were displaced by interstate highway construction.
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.
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.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Environmental Protection Agency.
National Archives Identifier: 557349
Full Citation: 412-DA-14897; A burned out shell is all that remains of the house vacated by the Ernest Watkins family in the Mulkey Square Area.; 5/1975; 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/documents/document/a-burned-out-shell-is-all-that-remains-of-the-house-vacated-by-the-ernest-watkins-family-in-the-mulkey-square-area, May 14, 2025]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
