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Spreading Rat Poison in Dump

Date: 08 12 1948
Description: James L. Clarke (left) city health inspector, and Lewis B. Kelly (right) president of the Solvit Chemical Corp., are shown as they prepare to scatter the b...
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Scattering Rat Poison in City Dump

Date: 08 12 1948
Description: Two men are scattering barium carbonate rat poison in a city dump located at the end of Fern Drive off Highbury Road near University Avenue. The land was o...
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Sewage Treatment Plant

Date: 1944
Description: Sewage lagoon at a treatment site.
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Sketch of Sewage Treatment Plant

Date: 1937
Description: A planning sketch of the sewage disposal plant.
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Sketch of Sewage Treatment Plant

Date: 06 1937
Description: A planning sketch of the sewage treatment site. The sketch is signed "A Deimel" and dated "June 1936." The text at the bottom of the sketch reads "Sewage T...
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Rubbish Pile

Date: 09 29 1953
Description: Rubbish pile in front of house in the vicinity of the 1000 block of West Dayton Street and 200 block of North Mills Street.
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Rubbish Piles

Date: 09 29 1953
Description: Rubbish piles in front of houses in the 1000 block of West Dayton Street and the 200 block of North Mills Street.
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Garbage Trucks in Landfill

Date: 1973
Description: Three garbage trucks are pictured in a landfill dumping trash. An African-American man is standing by one of the trucks. The trucks are likely Internationa...
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Man Operating Lifting Jack for Hay Press

Date: 11 08 1910
Description: Man outdoors operating lifting jack for a hay press. There is a large pile of wood in the background and a fence.
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Garbage "Battle" Continues

Date: 09 07 1957
Description: Signs protesting city annexation activities and city extension of services to the 21st ward, greeted city garbage and rubbish truck drivers as they made th...

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