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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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Ash Container

Date: 07 1927
Description: A man pouring ashes from a bucket into a larger metal container.
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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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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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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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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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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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D-300 M.T. with 6 Yard Body

Date: 1940
Description: Two men, one in the driver's seat of the D-300 M.T. truck, and the other carrying a metal trash bin, on a residential street. The truck is used by the Refu...

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