10002 Colvin Boulevard with homeowner Marie Posniak standing at her front gate which bears a sign reading: '4 Sale, Buy 1 get 1 Free' during the process of evacuating her residence within the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, July 3, 1980
Title
10002 Colvin Boulevard with homeowner Marie Posniak standing at her front gate which bears a sign reading: '4 Sale, Buy 1 get 1 Free' during the process of evacuating her residence within the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, July 3, 1980
Subject
Posniak, Marie
Evacuation of civilians
Community activists
Internally displaced persons
Hazardous waste sites
Housing and health
Abandoned houses
Signs and signboards
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Description
Marie Posniak stands behind a chain-link fence in front of her residence at 10002 Colvin Boulevard in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York. A green pickup truck and a mattress propped upright is visible behind her indicating a process of evacuation. A handmade sign attached to the fence reads "4 SALE BUY 1 GET 1 FREE."; photographed by Penelope D. Ploughman.
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
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Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
MS100.D.23
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-, “10002 Colvin Boulevard with homeowner Marie Posniak standing at her front gate which bears a sign reading: '4 Sale, Buy 1 get 1 Free' during the process of evacuating her residence within the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, July 3, 1980,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed January 13, 2026, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/16171.