Children in Front of a Tank Farm, East Austin

Children in Front of a Tank Farm, East Austin

Environmental justice--Austin, Texas; Benzene--Health aspects; Tank farms--East Austin; PODER

Photograph depicting children standing in front of a fuel storage tank in East Austin, illustrating the close proximity of industrial fuel storage operations to residential neighborhoods and raising concerns about environmental health risks, including exposure to pollutants such as benzene.

PODER; Joe Vitone

Austin, Texas, Austin Public Library, Austin History Center, PODER Records, AR-2012-015

Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

1992

PODER (People Organized in Defense of Earth and Her Resources); Katharine Meyer

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Photograph

English

Image

East Austin, Austin, Texas; 1992

Black-and-white photograph

9 x 11.5 inches