Abandoned Love Canal home with discarded household items and a sign posted in front reading 'House for sale cheap', Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York

Abandoned houses

Signs and signboards

Hazardous waste sites

Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)

Furniture and household items are placed outside in front of a house, including a patterned blanket draped over a sofa or chair. A handwritten sign reading “House For Sale Cheap” is attached to a utility pole nearby. The house in the background has steps leading to the front door and two small bushes on either side.

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries

1979

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Love Canal Images. LIB-003

Love Canal, a special report to the Governor and Legislature. RA566.4 .N7 L68 1981