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16 Photographs That Capture the Best and Worst of 1970s America “Hitchhiker with his dog, ‘Tripper,’ on U.S. 66. U.S. 66 crosses the Colorado River at Topock.”Photo by Charles O’Rear, Yuma County, Arizona, May 1972Credit: National Archives, Records of the Environmental Protection Agency A new exhibit at the National Archives highlights an interesting decade—one that gave rise to the environmental movement and some awkward fashion. For the story behind the project, and to see the rest of the photos, visit Smithsonian.com.

16 Photographs That Capture the Best and Worst of 1970s America

“Hitchhiker with his dog, ‘Tripper,’ on U.S. 66. U.S. 66 crosses the Colorado River at Topock.”
Photo by Charles O’Rear, Yuma County, Arizona, May 1972
Credit: National Archives, Records of the Environmental Protection Agency

A new exhibit at the National Archives highlights an interesting decade—one that gave rise to the environmental movement and some awkward fashion. For the story behind the project, and to see the rest of the photos, visit Smithsonian.com.