Love Canal protesters, including children, carrying signs on steps of Niagara Falls, N.Y. City Hall, October 16, 1978

Penelope D. Ploughman Love Canal Collection

City Hall (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)

Political participation

Community activists

Demonstrations

Children

Signs and signboards

A group of people stand on the stone steps of a neoclassical-style building with tall columns and large windows. They hold protest signs with various messages such as “TAX US ON VALUE,” “NO NO’s: No Basement, No Garden, No Air, Just Chemicals,” “GOVERNOR CAREY ONLY MAKES PROMISES,” and “YOU GIVE AID TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. WHY NOT US?” A child is present among the group, and one person holds a baby. The gathering appears peaceful, with individuals spaced along the stairs in advocacy of environmental or residential concerns.

Ploughman, Penelope, 1955-

State University of New York at Buffalo

University Archives

October 16, 1978

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