View of 749 97th Street, the residence of Debbie Cerrillo with a swimming pool in the backyard and a puddle of toxic waste from a collapsed storage barrel nearby in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, August 1978
Title
View of 749 97th Street, the residence of Debbie Cerrillo with a swimming pool in the backyard and a puddle of toxic waste from a collapsed storage barrel nearby in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, August 1978
Subject
Cerrillo, Debbie--Homes and haunts
Abandoned houses
Swimming pools
Hazardous waste sites
Pollutants
Barrels
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Description
View of a fenced backyard with an above-ground swimming pool owned by Love Canal resident Debbie Cerillo. There is a patch of overgrown grass and a large hole or depression in the foreground that was the result of barrels of toxic waste rising to the surface of the former Love Canal, Niagara Falls, New York. A green house and other backyard structures can be seen in the background; photographed by Penelope D. Ploughman.
Creator
Ploughman, Penelope, 1955-
Source
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries
Date
1978-08
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Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
MS100.D.8
Date Created
2009-01-28
Is Part Of
Love Canal Images. LIB-003
Penelope D. Ploughman Love Canal Collection. MS-0100
Is Referenced By
Collection
Citation
Ploughman, Penelope, 1955-, “View of 749 97th Street, the residence of Debbie Cerrillo with a swimming pool in the backyard and a puddle of toxic waste from a collapsed storage barrel nearby in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, August 1978,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed December 17, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/index.php/items/show/16154.