10002 Colvin Boulevard resident Marie Posniak evacuating her home with a sign: '4 Sale Buy 1, Get 1 Free' in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, July 3, 1980
Title
10002 Colvin Boulevard resident Marie Posniak evacuating her home with a sign: '4 Sale Buy 1, Get 1 Free' in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, July 3, 1980
Subject
Posniak, Marie
Community activists
Evacuation of civilians
Abandoned houses
Housing and health
Signs and signboards
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Description
Love Canal homeowner and community activist Marie Posniak is standing behind a chain-link gate with a hand-painted sign that reads “4 SALE BUY 1 GET 1 FREE.” She is wearing a white “LOVE CANAL – Another Product from HOOKER CHEMICAL” T-shirt and sunglasses. Behind her is her one-story house with beige siding and a truck parked in the driveway. A large patterned mattress is propped vertically on the truck bed, and shrubs partially obscure the gate. An antenna is visible on the roof.
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
1980-07-03
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
MS100.460
Date Created
2009-01-28
Is Part Of
Love Canal Images
Penelope D. Ploughman Love Canal Collection
LIB-003
Is Referenced By
Collection
Citation
Ploughman, Penelope, 1955-, “10002 Colvin Boulevard resident Marie Posniak evacuating her home with a sign: '4 Sale Buy 1, Get 1 Free' in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, July 3, 1980,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed July 12, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/index.php/items/show/16729.