730-738 97th Street, ring 1 residences in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, June 1979
Title
730-738 97th Street, ring 1 residences in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, June 1979
Subject
Abandoned houses
Hazardous waste sites
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Description
Several single-story houses are aligned along a sidewalk, all with boarded-up windows and doors. The house closest to the foreground is marked “738” in red on the plywood. The surrounding lawns and sidewalks are overgrown with tall grass and weeds. Utility poles and power lines run along the left side of the street, and the sky is clear with bright daylight.
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
1979-06
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
MS100.145
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-, “730-738 97th Street, ring 1 residences in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, June 1979,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed August 14, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/16495.