Virginia Shea, Left, and Sharon Cardillo, on Doorstep of House on Neptune Road

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Virginia Shea, Left, and Sharon Cardillo, on Doorstep of House on Neptune Road

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Original Caption: Virginia Shea, Left, and Sharon Cardillo, on Doorstep of House on Neptune Road. This Is the Community Closest to Logan Airport, and Residents Face a Complex of Problems, from Air and Noise Pollution to Dwindling Property Values. Many House Exteriors Show Lack of Maintenance. People are Reluctant to Pay Money to Keep up Structures They May Soon be Forced to Vacate, 05/1973..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-6804..Photographer: Manheim, Michael Philip, 1940-..Subjects:.East Boston (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, United States) neighborhood.Environmental Protection Agency.Project DOCUMERICA..: 549290 ( 549290 ) Repository: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. ..For information about ordering reproductions of photographs held by the U.S. National Archives’ Still Picture Unit, visit: Use Restrictions: Unrestricted

Michael Philip Manheim DOCUMERICA - 1973 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. Michael Philip Manheim was one of nearly one hundred photographers hired for DOCUMERICA. His assignment was to document the noise pollution crises in the East Boston neighborhood around Neptune Road. Manheim captured powerful images of the deteriorating community, illustrating its uncomfortable proximity to one of the nation's busiest airports and the plight of residents living under the landing path of jets on the approach to Logan's busy runways.

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1973
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385-399 Lovell St, Boston, MA 02128, USA42.37922, -71.02292
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