Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. PASSENGERS VIEW THE SCENERY BETWEEN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ON THE AMTRAK TURBOLINER

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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. PASSENGERS VIEW THE SCENERY BETWEEN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ON THE AMTRAK TURBOLINER. AMTRAK OFFICIALS LEASED TWO TURBOLINERS FROM THE FRENCH AND PUT THEM INTO SERVICE ON THE ST. LOUIS-CHICAGO RUN IN THE FALL OF 1973. AFTER EIGHT MONTHS OF TRIAL THEY WERE PURCHASED AND 11 MORE WERE ORDERED. IT IS PART OF AMTRAK'S EFFORT TO REPLACE OLD EQUIPMENT INHERITED FROM THE NATION'S RAILROADS

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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...