10002 Colvin Boulevard, resident Marie Posniak evacuates her home, Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, NY, July 3, 1980

Penelope D. Ploughman Love Canal Collection

Posniak, Marie

Evacuation of civilians

Abandoned houses

Dwellings

A person standing on a sidewalk next to a car with its trunk open. They are wearing sunglasses and a white T-shirt with the phrase “LOVE CANAL – Another Product from HOOKER CHEMICAL.” The person is facing the camera while raising a hand. The background includes a two-story residential building with siding, a front door, and windows. Several household items and a wooden plank are propped against the car.

Ploughman, Penelope, 1955-

State University of New York at Buffalo

University Archives

1980-07-03

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