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Earth Day was a bash for Fred High of Freeport, a student at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb on April 22, 1970.
Earth Day was a bash for Fred High of Freeport, a student at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb on April 22, 1970.
A participant at the first Earth Day rally at the Civic Center in Chicago wears a gas mask with a pipe with a cover on it coming out of his mouth on April 22, 1970.
A participant at the first Earth Day rally at the Civic Center in Chicago wears a gas mask with a pipe with a cover on it coming out of his mouth on April 22, 1970.
An enthusiastic Earth Day crowd at the Civic Center plaza listens to a speaker attack pollution at the first Earth Day rally on April 22, 1970, in Chicago.
An enthusiastic Earth Day crowd at the Civic Center plaza listens to a speaker attack pollution at the first Earth Day rally on April 22, 1970, in Chicago.
A girl at the Earth Day rally covers her face with a mask to protest growing pollution in the air on April 22, 1970, in Chicago.
A girl at the Earth Day rally covers her face with a mask to protest growing pollution in the air on April 22, 1970, in Chicago.
Maine East High School seniors lift a barrel of trash up to two other classmates during a work project to mark Earth Day on April 22, 1970. The students were among thousands of others in the Chicago area and across the nation who took part in Earth Day by bending over and picking up litter.
Maine East High School seniors lift a barrel of trash up to two other classmates during a work project to mark Earth Day on April 22, 1970. The students were among thousands of others in the Chicago area and across the nation who took part in Earth Day by bending over and picking up litter.
When this gathering of Earth Day demonstrators left the Civic Center plaza on April 22, 1970, there was no post-rally litter remaining to be cleaned up.
When this gathering of Earth Day demonstrators left the Civic Center plaza on April 22, 1970, there was no post-rally litter remaining to be cleaned up.
Beverly Miller, who founded an anti-pollution group, is busy preparing for the first Earth Day event, to be held the next day in Chicago, on April 21, 1970.
Beverly Miller, who founded an anti-pollution group, is busy preparing for the first Earth Day event, to be held the next day in Chicago, on April 21, 1970.
Black balloons with the word
Black balloons with the word “gasp” printed on them bobble in the chilly air on April 22, 1970, at the first Earth Day rally held at the Civic Center plaza in Chicago.
A man carries a child on his shoulders during an Earth Day rally at the Civic Center plaza in Chicago on April 22, 1970.
A man carries a child on his shoulders during an Earth Day rally at the Civic Center plaza in Chicago on April 22, 1970.
Gladys Grad shows off her Earth Day-designed flag bearing the symbol of the Environmental Action coalition. The green and white banner flies from her window.
Gladys Grad shows off her Earth Day-designed flag bearing the symbol of the Environmental Action coalition. The green and white banner flies from her window.
People rally during the first Earth Day at the Civic Center plaza in Chicago on April 22, 1970.
People rally during the first Earth Day at the Civic Center plaza in Chicago on April 22, 1970.
Students of Morton East High School in Cicero lined up in front of the school for an anti-pollution parade in April 1970.
Students of Morton East High School in Cicero lined up in front of the school for an anti-pollution parade in April 1970.