THE STATE OF OREGON WAS THE FIRST TO GO TO A SYSTEM OF ODD AND EVEN NUMBERS DURING THE GASOLINE CRISIS IN THE FALL AND WINTER OF 1973-74. HERE MOTORISTS WITH EVEN NUMBERED LICENSES LINE UP FOR GASOLIN
2/1974
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This photograph comes from Documerica, which was a program sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency to photographically document subjects of environmental concern in America during the 1970s. The images were made by approximately 70 well-known photographers contracted by the EPA for this project. Photographers included Danny Lyon, Gene Daniels, Marc St. Gill, Bill Strode, Charles O'Rear, Jack Corn, Tomas Sennett, Yoichi Okamote, and Ken Hayman. Some of the subjects are beach and mountain scenes; urban areas including junk yards, streets, buildings traffic control; Amtrak; air and water pollution; waterfronts; mining scenes; and people. Areas included are National Parks and Forests, Lake Tahoe, the Great Lakes, the Alaskan Pipeline, Hawaii, Washington, D.C. and cities throughout the United States, and Yugoslavia and Austria.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Environmental Protection Agency.
National Archives Identifier: 555489
Full Citation: THE STATE OF OREGON WAS THE FIRST TO GO TO A SYSTEM OF ODD AND EVEN NUMBERS DURING THE GASOLINE CRISIS IN THE FALL AND WINTER OF 1973-74. HERE MOTORISTS WITH EVEN NUMBERED LICENSES LINE UP FOR GASOLIN; 2/1974; Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, Record Group 412. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/the-state-of-oregon-was-the-first-to-go-to-a-system-of-odd-and-even-numbers-during-the-gasoline-crisis-in-the-fall-and-winter-of-197374-here-motorists-with-even-numbered-licenses-line-up-for-gasoline-, April 23, 2024]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.