Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, Ohio, from the series "On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam"
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Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, on mount, along bottom edge, in black ink: JS.227.0 1/7 Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, Ohio May 1994 N-May 1994 / P-September 1996 Joel Sternfeld
The Cuyahoga River burned for more than an hour on June 22, 1969, after molten slag from a steel mill was dumped into the river and ignited other pollutants.
From the series, On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam
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