10002 Colvin Boulevard homeowner and community activist Marie Posniak evacuates her Love Canal residence that bears the sign: '4 Sale Buy 1, Get 1 Free', husband Al Posniak is in the background, July 3, 1980
Title
10002 Colvin Boulevard homeowner and community activist Marie Posniak evacuates her Love Canal residence that bears the sign: '4 Sale Buy 1, Get 1 Free', husband Al Posniak is in the background, July 3, 1980
Subject
Posniak, Marie
Posniak, Al
Evacuation of civilians
Abandoned houses
Community activists
Signs and signboards
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Description
Love Canal homeowner and community activist Marie Posniak, wearing a "Love Canal – Another Product from Hooker Chemical" T-shirt, stands next to a chain-link gate displaying a large hand-painted sign that reads "4 SALE BUY 1 GET 1 FREE." The gate is in front of her one-story house with beige siding and a covered porch. In the background, two other individuals including Marie's husband Al Posniak, are seen loading items, including a mattress, into the bed of a green pickup truck parked in the driveway. The scene is taking place on a sunny day.
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
1980-07-03
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
MS100.442
Date Created
2009-01-28
Is Part Of
Love Canal Images
Penelope D. Ploughman Love Canal Collection
LIB-003
Is Referenced By
Collection
Citation
Ploughman, Penelope, 1955-, “10002 Colvin Boulevard homeowner and community activist Marie Posniak evacuates her Love Canal residence that bears the sign: '4 Sale Buy 1, Get 1 Free', husband Al Posniak is in the background, July 3, 1980,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed July 13, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/16726.