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| Date: | 06 15 1948 |
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| Description: | Uncollected garbage in the 300 block of West Main Street during a walkout strike by Local 236 Municipal Garage Department Union. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | The smokestack is several inches out of plumb, which was the reason the photographer took the photograph. Located on a waterfront. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Reservoir, looking South, with pedestrians walking along the edge of the empty reservoir. A team of horses with a cart or wagon can also be seen in the bac... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Looking down into the reservoir partially filled with water. A group of men stand at various levels; some with the carriage and horses at top, four on a le... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Several men are standing on top of a square ledge over the reservoir. Other men are working in the reservoir. On the right is a wooden walkway. |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | View down road of overhead lighting equipment of the T.M.E.R. and L. Company, which, at the time had a proposal to be replaced by more modern lighting. Th... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Electrical overhead street light suspended above road. A truck is parked on the right, and houses and trees line both sides of the road. |
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| Description: | View down road of lighting system using steel poles and modern fixtures on the terrace near sidewalks. Three cars are parked along the road, and houses are... |
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| Description: | A man stands in front of the small building with a bicycle parked behind him, and a house in the background. |
| Date: | 12 01 1948 |
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| 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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| Description: | A man with two horses pulling a street waterer down a dirt road. When Main Street was a dirt road, the local merchants paid to have it sprinkled during the... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | International I-4 industrial tractor with crane owned by the Milwaukee Waterworks. Original caption reads: "The city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, purchased thi... |
| Date: | 11 16 1989 |
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| Description: | View from the Water Street Bridge over the Waupaca River toward the Waupaca Water Department. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A crew of men laying sewer pipe with a Hough payloader. Original caption states: "Hough Payloader laying sewer pipe sections weighing 200 lbs each. Equipme... |
| Date: | 10 06 1949 |
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| Description: | The Town of Madison's new building houses the town offices, garage, and fire department. There is a pond in the foreground. |
| Date: | 12 01 1937 |
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| Description: | A man parking an International D-30 dump truck used by the Bureau of Sewers near a river or harbor. On the opposite shore in the background are buildings, ... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 05 17 1938 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 03 1939 |
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| 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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