Backyard of an abandoned and boarded-up Love Canal home, Niagara Falls, New York
Title
Backyard of an abandoned and boarded-up Love Canal home, Niagara Falls, New York
Subject
Abandoned houses
Hazardous waste sites
Housing and health
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Description
A grassy yard of an abandoned Love Canal house featuring a small plastic rocking horse and a low circular stone border in the foreground. Two single-story blue houses with boarded-up windows and doors are visible in the background. A picnic table and outdoor grill sit near the buildings. The trees are leafless, suggesting late fall or early winter, and the overall scene appears quiet and uninhabited. This image shows how near children played to the Love Canal site toxic waste.
Source
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries
Date
1978
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Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
MS65.T1-26
Date Created
2009-01-28
Is Part Of
Love Canal Images. LIB-003
Ecumenical Task Force of the Niagara Frontier Records. MS-0065
Is Referenced By
Love Canal: The Issues and Controversies slideshow by Adeline Levine
Collection
Citation
“Backyard of an abandoned and boarded-up Love Canal home, Niagara Falls, New York,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed January 12, 2026, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/index.php/items/show/16668.