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Photo, Print, Drawing Hitchhiker with His Dog "Tripper" on U.S. 66, where U.S. 66 Crosses the Colorado River at Topock. Hitchhiker with His Dog, "Tripper," on U.S. 66, U.S. 66 Crosses the Colorado River at Topock

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Title

  • Hitchhiker with His Dog "Tripper" on U.S. 66, where U.S. 66 Crosses the Colorado River at Topock.

Other Title

  • Hitchhiker with His Dog, "Tripper," on U.S. 66, U.S. 66 Crosses the Colorado River at Topock

Summary

  • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established in 1970 at a time of rising public concern in the United States about pollution and its effects on human health. In 1972-77 the EPA sponsored the Documerica program to photographically document subjects of environmental concern in America. The images were made by approximately 70 well-known photographers contracted by the EPA for the project. Photographers included Denny Lyon, Gene Daniels, Marc St. Gill, Bill Strode, Charles O'Rear, Jack Corn, Tomas Sennett, Yoichi Okamote, and Ken Hayman. This photograph of a hitchhiker in Arizona was taken by O'Rear on Route 66, the celebrated highway established in 1926 that ran from Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California. Route 66 was decommissioned in 1985, its function having been taken over by the more modern Interstate Highway System.

Names

  • O'Rear, Charles, born 1941 Photographer.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1972-05.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Arizona--Topock
  • -  1972
  • -  Dogs
  • -  Hippies
  • -  Hitchhiking

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 photograph (color).
  • -  Original resource at: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021669759

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

O'Rear, Charles, Born 1941 Photographer. Hitchhiker with His Dog "Tripper" on U.S. 66, where U.S. 66 Crosses the Colorado River at Topock. United States of America Arizona Topock, 1972. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -05] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021669759/.

APA citation style:

O'Rear, C. (1972) Hitchhiker with His Dog "Tripper" on U.S. 66, where U.S. 66 Crosses the Colorado River at Topock. United States of America Arizona Topock, 1972. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -05] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021669759/.

MLA citation style:

O'Rear, Charles, Born 1941 Photographer. Hitchhiker with His Dog "Tripper" on U.S. 66, where U.S. 66 Crosses the Colorado River at Topock. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -05] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021669759/>.