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Love Canal homeowner and activist Al Posniak holds a 'Love Canal' tee shirt up to his chest at a Love Canal residents' meeting at the Wesley United Methodist Church, Niagara Falls, New York, May 21, 1980
Lois Gibbs and her daughter Missy, carrying protest signs, participate with other affected families in a Love Canal protest at the Niagara Falls, New York City Hall, October 16, 1978
Love Canal protesters carrying signs, with activist Lois Gibbs and her daughter Missy at left, outside the Niagara Falls, New York City Hall, October 16, 1978
Contact sheet for various photographs of abandoned Love Canal homes, chained fences, hazard signs, the 99th Street Elementary School and half-buried toxic waste containment tanks, Niagara Falls, New York.
Temple Beth Israel Sisterhood in the 1960s
Barrels containing toxic waste that have risen to the surface of the ground behind 97th Street in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, August 1978
Hazardous waste site remediation work at the 99th Street Elementary School showing earth-moving equipment and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation mobile laboratory at the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, June 1979
Protesters, including children, with signs at a rally against landfill construction by CECOS International Inc. (a waste management service company in Niagara Falls, New York)
Margaret R. and Darwin M. Foster with their mother Dorothy Martin Foster enjoying the view over a stone barrier at Niagara Falls
Black oily residue deposited on the Niagara River shoreline, south of Love Canal, Niagara Falls, New York, summer 1978
Backyard of an abandoned Love Canal home, Niagara Falls, New York
Fenced-in remediation containment area with a Danger sign at the North end of the Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill at Colvin Avenue looking South toward Frontier Avenue, Niagara Falls, New York
Debbie Cerrillo in the Love Canal Homeowners Association offices with banner reading, "Love Canal Victims, Niagara Falls, New York, Created by Hooker's chemical negligence," January 1981
View of 749 97th Street with barrels containing toxic waste that have risen to the surface of the ground behind a residence in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, August 1978
View of 749 97th Street with barrels containing toxic waste that have risen to the surface of the ground behind a residence in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, August 1978
Protester being interviewed by the press at the rally against resettlement of the Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill area, Niagara Falls, New York which was organized by the Citizen's Clearinghouse for Hazardous Wastes, an organization founded by Lois Gibbs in 1981
Holes in the ground, filled with chemical-smelling black liquids in the fenced yard of a Love Canal resident, Niagara Falls, New York
Remediation workers remove barrels of toxic waste from creek within the fenced-in restricted area at Love Canal, Niagara Falls, New York
Lois Gibbs, holding a protest sign, with her son Michael at a Love Canal demonstration on the steps of the Niagara Falls, New York City Hall, October 16, 1978
View of 749 97th Street with toxic waste residue that has risen to the surface of the ground behind a residence in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, August 1978
Remediation work in an abandoned portion of the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York
Black oily residue deposited on the Niagara River shoreline, south of Love Canal, Niagara Falls, New York, summer 1978
9905 Colvin Boulevard, view from the window of the new Love Canal Homeowners Association offices on Colvin Boulevard, Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, 1980
View of 725-733 97th Street houses with pooled water behind ring 1 residences in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, August 1978
Black oily residue deposited on the Niagara River shoreline, south of Love Canal, Niagara Falls, New York, summer 1978
Missy Gibbs, daughter of Love Canal activist Lois Gibbs, at the Love Canal residents' meeting at the Wesley United Methodist Church, Niagara Falls, New York, May 21, 1980
Debris-ridden shoreline of the Niagara River upstream from Love Canal (south of canal and Frontier Avenue), Niagara Falls, New York, summer 1978
10002 Colvin Boulevard with homeowner Marie Posniak evacuating her residence with a sign on the gate: '4 Sale, Buy 1 get 1 Free' in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, July 3, 1980
Lois Gibbs speaking at the rally against resettlement of the Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill area, Niagara Falls, New York, organized by the Citizen's Clearinghouse for Hazardous Wastes which was founded by Lois Gibbs in 1981
Abandoned Love Canal home, Niagara Falls, New York
View through a chain-link fence of the partially demolished 99th Street School in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York
Two young boys stand in a natural drainage gully from the unfinished Love Canal, Niagara Falls, New York
Ed Begley Jr. addresses the crowd at the Love Canal Resettlement Protest which opposed resettlement of the contaminated northern portion of the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York. The rally was organized by the Citizen's Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste which was founded by Lois Gibbs in 1981 (later renamed the Center for Health, Environment and Justice)
Fenced-in sports field in park at Frontier Avenue, south of Love Canal and along the Niagara River, Niagara Falls, New York, summer 1978
Panel of officials and experts speak at a public meeting with Love Canal residents to address the chemical pollution of their homes in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York
Hazardous waste remediation workers remove barrels of toxic waste from the creek within the fenced-in area at Love Canal, Niagara Falls, New York
Patricia A. Brown standing inside a fence of the restricted zone at the Love Canal remediation site, showing the lack of security surrounding the former Love Canal site, Niagara Falls, New York
Love Canal resident speaking out at a public meeting on the Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill, Niagara Falls, New York
Demolition of abandoned homes at Love Canal, Niagara Falls, New York as seen through the chain-link fence surrounding the contaminated area
Protest signs in the front yard of a residence in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, summer 1978
Barrel of PCBs from the Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill which are known toxins, Niagara Falls, New York
View of South 97th Street showing ongoing remediation work ('clay capping') with earthmoving equipment and ring 1 residences in the background in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, February 1979
Demolition of 99th Street Elementary School in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York
Public meeting for Love Canal residents to address their chemically polluted homes in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York
View of 749 97th Street, the residence of Debbie Cerrillo with a swimming pool in the backyard and a puddle of toxic waste from a collapsed storage barrel nearby in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, August 1978
Senator Al Gore and an associate speak to Patricia A. Brown at the Love Canal Resettlement Protest which opposed resettlement of the contaminated northern portion of the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York. The rally was organized by the Citizen's Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste which was founded by Lois Gibbs in 1981 (later renamed the Center for Health, Environment and Justice)
View of 95th Street and Read Avenue showing the Griffon Manor apartments at Wheatfield and 97th Street with a chain link fence in the foreground within the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, August 1978
Abandoned and partially demolished home of Love Canal activist Lois Gibbs, 535 101st Street, Niagara Falls, New York
410 99th Street, ring 1 residence in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, May 1982
479 99th Street, a ring 1 residence, in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, May 1982
Detail of the concrete sunshade at the entrance to the Carborundum warehouse and offices in Niagara Falls, New York
View of the 99th Street Elementary School in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, May 1982
Love Canal residents gather after listening to the government's first evacuation order, Niagara Falls, New York
101st Street residences prior to demolition in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, June 1982
View of 10002 Colvin Boulevard where helpers assist Love Canal activist homeowner Marie Posniak and her family to evacuate their home in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, July 3, 1980
Playground sign, knocked down and overgrown in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, May 1982
Detail of the concrete sunshade at the entrance to the Carborundum warehouse and offices in Niagara Falls, New York
429 99th Street, a ring 1 residence in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, June 1979
Love Canal protesters march down the street of their neighborhood with signs past abandoned, boarded-up houses, Niagara Falls, New York
Love Canal residents, holding hands, speak out at a public meeting on the Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill, Niagara Falls, New York
Fenced-in area of Love Canal with warning sign 'Hazardous Chemicals Unauthorized Entry Prohibited', Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York
Abandoned and partially demolished home of Love Canal activist Lois Gibbs, 535 101st Street, Niagara Falls, New York
Demolition of abandoned, hazardous waste contaminated homes at Love Canal, Niagara Falls, New York
Niagara Falls
99th Street, ring 1 abandoned residence in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, May 1982
Older man and his dog sit on the front porch of his contaminated Love Canal home with posted sign reading: 'For Sale 82 Chemicals You Dig 'Em', Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York
99th Street Elementary School viewed from Read Avenue in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, May 1982
View of 493-503 99th Street abandoned ring 1 residences in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, May 1982
603-611 99th Street, ring 1 abandoned residences in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, May 1982
Plasma arc technology trailer used to destroy hazardous wastes at the Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill, Niagara Falls, New York
Exterior view of square windows and red-orange ballards at the Carborundum warehouse and offices in Niagara Falls, New York
Lois Gibbs and her children, Missy and Michael, carrying signs at the Love Canal protest at City Hall, Niagara Falls, New York on October 16, 1978
99th Street Elementary School, Love Canak neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York
Two children playing in a backyard adjacent to rising toxic waste at Love Canal, Niagara Falls, New York
Entrance to the concrete sunshade at the Carborundum warehouse and offices in Niagara Falls, New York
97th Street, ring 1 abandoned residences in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, November 10, 1978
97th Street with visitors investigating a ring 1 residence in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, May 1982
673 99th Street and Read Avenue, ring 1 abandoned residence in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, October 1978
Meeting of members of the Ecumenical Task Force of the Niagara Frontier
View of the 99th Street Elementary School in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, May 1982
99th Street Elementary School in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, May 1982
Love Canal family packing their belongings into a van in preparation for evacuation to safer housing, Niagara Falls, New York
99th Street showing the demolition of ring 1 abandoned residences in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, June 1982
680-684 99th Street, ring 1 abandoned residences at 99th Street and Read Avenue in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, May 1982
746 97th Street, a "NO TRESPASSING" sign on a ring 1 abandoned residence in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, December 12, 1978
Emergency evacuation bus in front of fenced-in Love Canal Ring 1 abandoned homes in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, September 1978
Side view of square windows and red-orange ballards at the Carborundum warehouse and offices in Niagara Falls, New York
Detail of brick wall, window, and concrete sunshade at the Carborundum warehouse and offices in Niagara Falls, New York
Detail of the concrete sunshade and window of the Carborundum warehouse and offices in Niagara Falls, New York
View of the surface of Love Canal looking north with a row of 99th Street abandoned residences in the background in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, May 1982
Participants in the Love Canal Homeowners Association protest targeting the federal government held outside the Niagara Falls, New York Department of Health building on April 17, 1979
99th Street and Wheatfield Avenue showing ring 1 residences with a 'Dead End' street sign in the foreground in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, May 1982
Read Avenue with toxic waste barrels and other debris in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, October 1978
Toxic waste that has risen to the surface of the ground at the south end of the Love Canal, on the 97th Street side, Niagara Falls, New York, July 1978
A close-up view of the exterior of the Carborundum warehouse and offices in Niagara Falls, New York. A row of red-orange ballards are seen along the side of the building.
Why I Am Here (in Buffalo)
View of the Love Canal neighborhood between 97th and 99th Streets with a chain link fence in the foreground, Niagara Falls, New York, June 1982
View of 515 99th Street, a ring 1 residence with a 'Dead End' sign in front showing the deterioration of the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, May 1982
Detail from the front of the concrete sunshade at the entrance to the Carborundum warehouse and offices in Niagara Falls, New York
Exterior view of square windows and red-orange ballards at the Carborundum warehouse and offices in Niagara Falls, New York