Original Protest T-Shirt from Love Canal


Item Number: 179

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: Priceless

Online Close: Apr 30, 2006 6:00 PM EDT

Bid History: 2 bids - Item Sold!

Description

Own a piece of history!




This original t-shirt (dug up from Lois Gibbs' attic) was worn during a Love Canal protest -- the community battle that was heard round the world!

Child-sized.


Love Canal is one of the most notorious environmental scandals in the world.



As children playing outside began coming home with burned hands and feet, and alarming numbers of neighbors contracted mysterious diseases, residents of Love Canal discovered that their town was built next to 20,000 tons of leaking chemical waste.



Residents of Love Canal organized their blue-collar town and won a colossal 2-year battle against a multi-billion dollar corporation and the local, state and federal governments.


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Donated by

Lois Marie Gibbs