503-515 99th Street, ring 1 abandoned residences with a bent Dead End sign showing the deterioration of the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, May 1982
Title
503-515 99th Street, ring 1 abandoned residences with a bent Dead End sign showing the deterioration of the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, May 1982
Subject
Abandoned houses
Traffic signs and signals
Hazardous waste sites
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Description
A row of small houses lines a residential street, with several windows boarded up and yards overgrown with grass. In the foreground, a tilted yellow “Dead End” sign stands beside a cracked sidewalk. Trees with sparse leaves frame the scene.
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
1982-05
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
MS100.547
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-, “503-515 99th Street, ring 1 abandoned residences with a bent Dead End sign showing the deterioration of the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, May 1982,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed September 17, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/16360.