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# Photos: Sheepshead Bay Circa 1973
- URL: https://bklyner.com/photos-sheepshead-bay-circa-1973-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2011-09-30T19:00:50.000Z
- Updated: 2011-09-30T19:00:50.000Z
- Author: Erica Sherman
- Tags: arthur tress, Documerica Project, Environmental Protection Agency, images, us national archives, #API-Imported

![](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sb_arthur_tress_1973_photo.jpg)

"A Small Park on Sheepshead Bay 05/1973." Photo by Arthur Tress. Source: The U.S. National Archives

I accidentally stumbled upon a treasure trove of photographs by Abraham Lincoln High School graduate [Arthur Tress](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%5FTress?ref=bklyner.com) in the flickr account of [The U.S. National Archives](http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/?ref=bklyner.com), in a collection entitled **“**DOCUMERICA Project by the Environmental Protection Agency.**”**

> For the Documerica Project (1971-1977), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hired freelance photographers to capture images relating to environmental problems, EPA activities, and everyday life in the 1970s.

> The U.S. National Archives digitized more than 15,000 photographs from the series [Documerica (Local ID 412-DA)](http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=542493&ref=bklyner.com) and included them in our online catalog. Our Web site has quick catalog search links for featured DOCUMERICA [topics](http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/topics/environment/documerica-topics.html?ref=bklyner.com), [locations](http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/topics/environment/documerica-geographic.html?ref=bklyner.com), and [photographers](http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/topics/environment/documerica-photographers.html?ref=bklyner.com).

If you have some free time, I highly recommend browsing through these wonderful images to get a taste of what life was like in Sheepshead Bay, Jamaica Bay, and Staten Island back in 1973.