Original caption: Plum Beach on Sheepshead Bay 05/1973. Photo by Arthur Tress. Unthinkable that this level of pollution existed in the U.S. Even more unthinkable that people would use the pollution as a rest spot on the beach. Why aren’t they freaking out and fleeing this scene?!

Original caption: Plum Beach on Sheepshead Bay 05/1973. Photo by Arthur Tress.


Unthinkable that this level of pollution existed in the U.S. Even more unthinkable that people would use the pollution as a rest spot on the beach. Why aren’t they freaking out and fleeing this scene?!

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