View of 10002 Colvin Boulevard where Love Canal homeowner and community activist Marie Posniak and her family receive assistance evacuating their residence as local television film crew covers the story, July 3, 1980
Title
View of 10002 Colvin Boulevard where Love Canal homeowner and community activist Marie Posniak and her family receive assistance evacuating their residence as local television film crew covers the story, July 3, 1980
Subject
Posniak, Marie
Posniak, Al
Evacuation of civilians
Abandoned houses
Community activists
Signs and signboards
Reporters and reporting
Hazardous waste sites
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Description
A group of people is loading items into the bed of a green pickup truck parked in a driveway outside a one-story house with light siding owned by Love Canal activist Marie Posniak. One person operates a red hand truck, while another appears to be part of a local news crew recording the scene with a shoulder-mounted video camera. The gate in the foreground displays a hand-painted sign that reads "4 SALE BUY 1 GET 1 FREE"; photographed by Penelope D. Ploughman.
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
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Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
MS100.453
Date Created
2009-01-28
Is Part Of
Love Canal Images. LIB-003
Penelope D. Ploughman Love Canal Collection. MS-0100
Is Referenced By
Collection
Citation
Ploughman, Penelope, 1955-, “View of 10002 Colvin Boulevard where Love Canal homeowner and community activist Marie Posniak and her family receive assistance evacuating their residence as local television film crew covers the story, July 3, 1980,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed December 25, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/16727.