Billy Watkins with his younger brother, Kevin, in the dining area of thier new home.
5/1975
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Original caption states: "Billy Watkins with his younger brother, Kevin, in the dining area of thier new home. The table and chairs are in a much cleaner environment than in their old house in the Mulkey Square Area of Kansas City, Missouri. It took the family two months to find rental housing within their price range. The Watkins and many other low income residents of Mulkey Square were displaced by construction of an interstate highway through an area already isolated by roads and railroad tracks."
This photograph was taken as part of the Documerica project – a social and environmental photography project sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency during the 1970s.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Environmental Protection Agency.
National Archives Identifier:
557352Full Citation: 412-DA-14900; Billy Watkins with his younger brother, Kevin, in the dining area of thier new home.; 5/1975; DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, 1972–1977; Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, Record Group 412; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/billy-watkins-with-his-younger-brother-kevin-in-the-dining-area-of-thier-new-home, May 14, 2024]