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| 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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| Description: | Snapshot taken by Sigurd Olson of refugees scavenging in military trash bins. Although the location is not identified, it is probably in or near Berlin. |
| Date: | 06 1925 |
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| Description: | View down littered back alley in Hammond's "Little Italy." |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Three young children standing in a backyard in very poor condition, including the lack of a lawn, exposed trash piles, and other litter. |
| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | A man pouring ashes from a bucket into a larger metal container. |
| Date: | 04 23 1926 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing a dress and bonnet empties a pail of ashes into a refuse pile in the front yard of a farmhouse. |
| Date: | 04 1926 |
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| Description: | Chickens stand in a barnyard surrounding a farmhouse. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to illustrat... |
| Date: | 03 1926 |
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| Description: | A man is looking through a scrap heap full of metal and wooden parts piled beside a shed or barn. |
| Date: | 03 1926 |
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| Description: | A refuse pile consisting of glass, a broken basket, bottles, cans, and other items behind a farmhouse. A crumbling foundation is in the background. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Close-up view of a pile of garbage in a farmhouse attic consisting of metal pieces, pipes, machine parts, and other items. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | A man is emptying refuse into an International R-180 garbage truck parked in a residential neighborhood. |
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| Description: | Barry, an avid recycler, searching through trash container. |
| Date: | 05 1923 |
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| Description: | Debris-strewn back yard of a farmhouse. Original caption reads: "Farm buildings - cluttered up back yard at John Eshe farm." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View from cobblestone street of a woman wearing a skirt and head scarf moving a barrel of discarded vegetables in an alley. Probably taken near an outdoor ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of a vacant lot littered with garbage and weeds in a residential area. Across the street in the background are what appears to be a row of apartment b... |
| Date: | 07 1923 |
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| Description: | Rags, discarded shoes, empty bottles and food cans littering the space surrounding a rear entrance to a farmhouse. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Three men empty metal garbage cans into the bed of an International truck parked along the side of a residential road. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| 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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