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Two black youths and a dog in Paterson, New Jersey, June 1974

Three young girls in Brooklyn, July 1974

Three young girls on Bond Street in Brooklyn, July 1974

Inner city life on Bond Street in Brooklyn, July 1974

Row houses on Bond Street in Brooklyn, July 1974

Wall painting in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, July 1974

Sports heroes are the motifs in these wall painting on Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn, July 1974

Graffiti with a supergraphic "Vail" and other words on on a wall in Brooklyn, July 1974

Boys playing frisbee across West 46th Street in Manhattan, July 1974

Two Latin girls pose in front of a wall of graffiti in LynchPark, Brooklyn, June 1974
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Latin youths atLynchPark in Brooklyn, June 1974
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Three boys and "A Train" graffiti in LynchPark, Brooklyn, June 1974

Latin youths atLynchPark in Brooklyn, June 1974

Three boys and "A Train" graffiti in LynchPark, Brooklyn, June 1974

Young man with his leg in a cast, Hiland Park, Brooklyn, July 1974

Puerto Rican boys playing softball in Brooklyn's Hiland Park, July 1974

Boy against a yellow platform at the Kosciusko Swimming Pool in the Bedford-Stuyvesant district of Brooklyn, July 1974

The Kosciusko Swimming Pool in the heart of the Bedford-Stuyvesant district of Brooklyn, July 19744

Avenue D housing project on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City, July 1974

People relaxing in East River Park in Manhattan, July 1974
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People on an outing in East River Park in Manhattan, July 1974
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Kids enjoying playground equipment in East River Park in Manhattan, July 1974
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People looking at boat traffic on the East River Park with the Manhattan Bridge and New York City in the background, July 1974

People on an outing in East River Park in Manhattan, July 1974

Kids enjoying playground equipment in East River Park in Manhattan, July 1974

People looking at boat traffic on the East River Park with the Manhattan Bridge and New York City in the background, July 1974

Young Latin male in Paterson, New Jersey's inner city, June 1974

Latin girl holding a child on an inner city porch in Paterson, New Jersey, June 1974

Man working on car in Hell's Kitchen, New York City, June 1974

Man lounging on a park bench with his radio on the Reis Park Boardwalk in New York City, July 1974

Wall painting at Division and Forsyth Streets in Lower Manhattan, June 1974

Apartment house across from Fort Green Park in Brooklyn, June 1974

Fire set by Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute to test wires and insulation in New York City, June 1974

Inner city residents of Brooklyn walk along Bushwick Avenue, July 1974

The underside of an elevated train platform is part of the environment on Bushwick Avenue in Brooklyn, June1974

View from under elevated train tracks at Bushwick Avenue in Brooklyn, June1974

Brooklyn's Bushwick Avenue seen from an elevated train platform, June1974
Photos by Danny Lyon for the Environmental Protection Agency's Documerica project, June-July 1974 (US National Archives)