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Filling Potholes

Date: 04 27 1987
Description: A city worker fills in holes in the road in mild spring weather.
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East Washington Avenue Tree Planting

Date: 12 01 1948
Description: A tree planting project was started on the northeast side of East Washington Street of hard maple trees, which replace other species and provide for wideni...
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Garbage Disposal Truck

Date: 1938
Description: Men load boxes onto an International D-300 truck owned by the City of Santa Ana. The truck was used for garbage removal. One man stands in the bed of the t...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Street Department Crew

Date: 07 20 1952
Description: Group portrait of nine Madison street department workers who have prepared the derby hill for the Soap Box Derby for the past seven years. Kneeling, left t...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 17 1953
Description: Four members of the Madison Parks Department building the ramp on Midvale Avenue for the upcoming Madison Soap Box derby. Left to right: Vie Cramer, Don Ke...
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Municipal Light and Power Plant

Date: 1924
Description: The Municipal Light and Power Plant and water tower seen from across a pond.
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Men Pushing Trash Cans Towards Garbage Truck

Date: 1973
Description: View from lawn in a residential neighborhood of three men pushing trash cans on hand carts towards a garbage truck. Behind the garbage truck is an Internat...
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Man Emptying Trash Barrel into Garbage Truck

Date: 1973
Description: An African-American man is dumping a barrel of trash into an International Harvester Scout with a dump body driven by another African-American man. They ar...
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Model D-15 with High Hoist Dump Body

Date: 1940
Description: Two men are standing near the back of a Model D-15 owned by the City of Pasadena parked on the municipal golf course. The truck is used by the Park Departm...
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Telephone Linemen

Date: 1928
Description: Group portrait of four telephone linemen. Three of the men are posed on the pole, and another man is standing on the ground. Three automobiles are parked a...
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Three Men Posing with Parked Truck

Date: 1922
Description: View across dirt road towards three linemen posing in front of a truck that is parked along the side of the road. A power pole is attached horizontally in ...
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Telephone Linemen

Date: 1928
Description: Group portrait of four telephone linemen standing together, three of them wearing pole climbing spikes (or spurs). The man leaning on the pole is Carl Pete...
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Aerating Potter's Lake

Date: 02 1977
Description: A man is standing behind a snow fence next to a surface aerator. Water is pouring down or up the machine, breaking the surface tension of the lake. Snow is...
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City Line Dep't. Truck

Date: 12 16 1926
Description: A man is sitting in the driver's seat of a truck. On the side of the truck is a sign that reads: "City Line Dep't." Equipment is hanging in the back of the...
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Inter. Super A — Municipalities

Date: 1950
Description: Right side view of a man driving a tractor pulling an oil burning tar kettle on a trailer. Subject: "Inter. Super A — Municipalities." Where Taken: "MW." I...
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Madison Street Department Crew Cleaning Leaves from Gutter

Date: 10 21 1960
Description: A Madison street department crew cleans leaves from the gutter along Mandan Crescent using a leaf vacuum machine as neighborhood children watch. Workers ar...
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Pot Hole Repair

Date: 01 10 1984
Description: Two men are shoveling steaming asphalt from the rear of a truck. Caption reads: "Portage County Highway Department workers Victor Peters (left) and Arleigh...

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