Family protests with signs: 'I want to live', 'Hooker, take a dump', and 'Dioxin kills' at Governor Carey's speech to New York State teachers at the Niagara Falls Convention Center, April 27, 1979

Penelope D. Ploughman Love Canal Collection

Niagara Falls Convention Center (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)

Family

Children

Community activists

Public health -- Citizen participation

Public health -- Political participation

Demonstrations

Signs and signboards

A person stands in a dimly lit space, carrying a young child on their shoulders and holding another by the hand. The individual wears a sign reading “Hooker Take A Dump,” referencing Hooker Chemical. The child on their shoulders holds a cardboard sign that says “I Want to Live,” and the child standing beside them holds a sign stating “Dioxin Kills.” Several other individuals are visible in the background, some with strollers or protest signs, suggesting a public demonstration or rally. The floor is paved with rectangular bricks.

Ploughman, Penelope, 1955-

State University of New York at Buffalo

University Archives

April 27, 1979

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Still Image

MS100.122

LIB-UA003

1/28/2009

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