Love Canal residents Stephen Lester (at left) and Debbie Cerrillo (at right) collecting donations for the Love Canal Homeowners' Association, June 1980
Title
Love Canal residents Stephen Lester (at left) and Debbie Cerrillo (at right) collecting donations for the Love Canal Homeowners' Association, June 1980
Subject
Cerrillo, Debbie
Lester, Stephen U.
Love Canal Homeowners Association
Public health--Citizen participation
Community activists
Fund raising
Hazardous waste sites
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Description
Three Love Canal activists (Stephen U. Lester at left and Debbie Cerrillo at right) are gathered in front of a brick building at night. Stepjhen U. Lester is wearing a "LOVE CANAL Another Product From HOOKER CHEMICAL" t-shirt and is holding a jug labeled "Donations – Don’t Dump LOVE CANAL PLEASE" with a red heart graphic. The person in the center wears a light-colored shirt and stands slightly behind the others. Debbie Cerrillo, on the right, smiling broadly, wears glasses and a dark floral shirt. The scene appears to document a grassroots fundraising or awareness event related to the Love Canal environmental crisis.
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
1980-06
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
MS100.386
Date Created
2009-01-29
Is Part Of
Love Canal Images. LIB-003
Penelope D. Ploughman Love Canal Collection. MS100
Is Referenced By
Collection
Citation
Ploughman, Penelope, 1955-, “Love Canal residents Stephen Lester (at left) and Debbie Cerrillo (at right) collecting donations for the Love Canal Homeowners' Association, June 1980,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed August 14, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/16457.