Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. KANSAS CITY'S UNION STATION SHOWN FILLED WITH TRAVELERS WHEN THIS BLACK AND WHITE PICTURE WAS TAKEN SOME

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. KANSAS CITY'S UNION STATION SHOWN FILLED WITH TRAVELERS WHEN THIS BLACK AND WHITE PICTURE WAS TAKEN SOMETIME IN THE 1950'S. IN ITS HEYDAY THE MISSOURI STATION SERVED MORE THAN 200 TRAINS A DAY COMPARED TO ONLY SIX PER DAY IN 1974. AMTRAK, THE CORPORATION WHICH U.S. INTERCITY PASSENGER SERVICE, IS WORKING TO UPGRADE RAIL SERVICE AND ATTRACT PASSENGERS. NOTE: SEE COLOR PICTURE #13567 FOR COMPARISON

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O'Rear, Charles, 1941-

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Charles O'Rear (born 26 November 1941, Miss) is an American photographer. His image Bliss was used as the default desktop wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. O'Rear started his career with the daily newspapers Emporia Gazette, The Kansas City Star, and Los Angeles Times; worked for National Geographic magazine; and was part of the Environmental Protection Agency's DOCUMERICA project. He began photographing winemaking in 1978. Since 1998 O'Rear has been associated with Corbis...