Playground equipment at the 99th Street Elementary School with 97th Street residences in background, August 1978

Penelope D. Ploughman Love Canal Collection

Playgrounds

Abandoned houses

A playground sits on a patchy grass field and features a blue metal slide, dome-shaped climbing arches, and swing frames without seats. In the background, several single-story houses have boarded-up windows and doors. A trailer with the words "VAN LINES" is parked near the edge of the lot. Overhead utility wires cross the scene, and trees with autumn foliage are visible behind the buildings. The area appears unused or abandoned.

Ploughman, Penelope, 1955-

State University of New York at Buffalo

University Archives

Aug. 1978

0.92 x 1.347 inches

Image

Still Image

MS100.11

LIB-UA003

1/28/2009

Slides