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Garbage Truck

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Description: The Greendale Department of Public Works used this truck to collect trash.
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Life-Saving Station and Garbage Crematory

Date: 1911
Description: View across water toward several buildings on shoreline, two with large smokestacks. A man is standing on the shore, and two people are in a boat on the ri...
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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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Men Standing in Junkyard

Date: 1905
Description: Three men standing in a junkyard with piles of wheels, chairs, and other wooden items in the background near the side of a building. The ground is littered...
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Industrial Tractor with Pneumatic Tires

Date: 08 17 1926
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor equipped with pneumatic tires and Hercules vacuum brake system to pull a specially designed semi-tr...
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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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International Garbage Truck

Date: 05 17 1938
Description: Three men load garbage onto the back of an International DS-35 truck owned by the City of Louisville, while two men sit in the truck's cab. The truck is on...
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Greendale Garbage Removal

Date: 01 03 1939
Description: A man empties a garbage can into the back of an International D-300 truck parked in a residential neighborhood near houses.
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Ash Container

Date: 07 1927
Description: A man pouring ashes from a bucket into a larger metal container.
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Man with Scrap Heap

Date: 03 1926
Description: A man is looking through a scrap heap full of metal and wooden parts piled beside a shed or barn.
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International R-180 Garbage Truck

Date: 1953
Description: A man is emptying refuse into an International R-180 garbage truck parked in a residential neighborhood.
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Man Searching Trash For Recyclables

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Description: Barry, an avid recycler, searching through trash container.
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International Garbage Truck

Date: 1931
Description: Elevated view of two men emptying a metal garbage can into the bed of an International Model AW-2 truck. The lettering on the truck reads: "Garbage Dept. P...
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Garbage Collection

Date: 1931
Description: Three men empty metal garbage cans into the bed of an International truck parked along the side of a residential road.
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Guelig Construction

Date: 1956
Description: "Guelig Construction workers put in a disposal system for Widmer Cheese Factory. Workers are from left, Ray Guelig, Herb Sellnow, Bob Guelig, Edgar Guelig,...
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International Garbage Truck on City Street

Date: 04 27 1929
Description: View across cobblestone street towards men loading what appears to be an International garbage truck on a city street. Two men are lifting a can up towards...
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Leach Garbage Truck

Date: 1960
Description: Color photo of a man collecting garbage cans from an alleyway and emptying them into a truck with an IH logo on the front of the chassis and a Leach logo o...
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Garbage Truck Outside Restaurant

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Description: Color photo of men unloading refuse into the back of an International garbage collection truck parked beside a restaurant. The neon signs on the restaurant...
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Men in Street, South Wall Street

Date: 1966
Description: Four men gathered outdoors. Two sit on stoops of houses while two stand in the dirt pathway. More homes are visible in the background. There is a garbage o...
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Men Putting Refuse in Garbage Truck

Date: 1976
Description: Two workers are placing refuse in a garbage truck. One is an African-American man in a jacket, hat, and gloves and carrying a trash can. The other man is f...

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