Police officers douse burning effigies of the Jimmy Carter family with water at the Love Canal Homeowners Association protest targeting the federal government held outside the Niagara Falls, New York Department of Health building on April 17, 1979
Title
Police officers douse burning effigies of the Jimmy Carter family with water at the Love Canal Homeowners Association protest targeting the federal government held outside the Niagara Falls, New York Department of Health building on April 17, 1979
Subject
Love Canal Homeowners Association
New York (State). Department of Health
United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-2024
Carter, Rosalynn
Carter, Amy
Political participation
Community activists
Demonstrations
Public health- Citizen participation
Effigies
Police
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Description
A group of uniformed police is seen spraying water from a hose onto a burnt patch of debris on a paved street. A TV news vehicle is parked in the background, with "TV 8 WJW" marked on its trunk. Several onlookers, some standing on the sidewalk and others further back on the grass, observe the scene. One person is holding a handwritten protest sign. The scene documents the protest or public demonstration by the Love Canal Homeowners Association targeting the federal government and the Jimmy Carter administration held outside the Niagara Falls, New York Department of Health building on April 17, 1979 that resulted in the burning of effigies of the U.S. President and his family.
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
1979-04-17
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Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
MS100.417
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-, “Police officers douse burning effigies of the Jimmy Carter family with water at the Love Canal Homeowners Association protest targeting the federal government held outside the Niagara Falls, New York Department of Health building on April 17, 1979,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed November 8, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/index.php/items/show/16716.