99th Street Elementary School with its clay cap and the 97th Street abandoned residences in the background in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, fall 1979
Title
99th Street Elementary School with its clay cap and the 97th Street abandoned residences in the background in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, fall 1979
Subject
Abandoned houses
Elementary schools
Abandoned buildings
Hazardous waste site remediation
Hazardous waste sites
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Description
A wide, open grassy field stretches beside a cracked and uneven road. Patches of standing water are visible on the ground. A dark rectangular building sits on the left side of the field under a cloudy sky.
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-Fall
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
MS100.536
Date Created
2009-01-28
Is Part Of
Love Canal Images. LIB-003
Penelope D. Ploughman Love Canal Collection. MS100
Is Referenced By
Collection
Citation
Ploughman, Penelope, 1955-, “99th Street Elementary School with its clay cap and the 97th Street abandoned residences in the background in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, fall 1979,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed September 18, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/16359.