Original caption: Havasupai Indian Children. Photograph by Terry Eiler, 1972.

Original caption: Havasupai Indian Children. Photograph by Terry Eiler, 1972.

Original caption: Navajo children make mud “flat bread”. New housing in background. Photography by Terry Eiler, 1972.

Original caption: Navajo children make mud “flat bread”. New housing in background. Photography by Terry Eiler, 1972.

Original caption: South Beach, Staten Island. Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in Background 06/1973. Photo by Arthur Tress.


Didn’t that kid see the sign from yesterday’s post?! No walking! No swimming!

Original caption: South Beach, Staten Island. Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in Background 06/1973. Photo by Arthur Tress.

Didn’t that kid see the sign from yesterday’s post?! No walking! No swimming!

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

This caption just doesn’t capture the moment here! Let’s have a caption contest for this sad picture.

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

This caption just doesn’t capture the moment here! Let’s have a caption contest for this sad picture.

Original caption: Municipal Incineration Plant and Landfill Dump at Gravesend Bay Serves as Playground for Neighborhood Boys 05/1973. Photo by Arthur Tress.

Sad stuff. Kids playing amongst some of the worst imaginable pollution. That’s the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in the distant background.

Original caption: Municipal Incineration Plant and Landfill Dump at Gravesend Bay Serves as Playground for Neighborhood Boys 05/1973. Photo by Arthur Tress.

Sad stuff. Kids playing amongst some of the worst imaginable pollution. That’s the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in the distant background.

Rock School, built in 1897, serves the children of the Piceance Creek Area near Rifle, Colorado. The one-room school house is run by teachers Mr. and Mrs. Stark, Apr. 1973. Photo by David Hiser.

Rock School, built in 1897, serves the children of the Piceance Creek Area near Rifle, Colorado. The one-room school house is run by teachers Mr. and Mrs. Stark, Apr. 1973. Photo by David Hiser.

Rock School, Rifle, Colorado, built in 1897, serves children of the Piceance Creek Area. This one-room school house takes kids from 1st grade through 8th grade. This building also functions as a community center. Oct. 1973. Photo by David Hiser.

Rock School, Rifle, Colorado, built in 1897, serves children of the Piceance Creek Area. This one-room school house takes kids from 1st grade through 8th grade. This building also functions as a community center. Oct. 1973. Photo by David Hiser.

More citizens from Rockport, Massachusetts, make it into DOCUMERICA. Here are some school kids singing the Star-spangled Banner at Rockport Elementary School. Taken by Deborah Parks in February 1973.

Do any of these kids look familiar?

More citizens from Rockport, Massachusetts, make it into DOCUMERICA. Here are some school kids singing the Star-spangled Banner at Rockport Elementary School. Taken by Deborah Parks in February 1973.

Do any of these kids look familiar?