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Children on Curb with Uncollected Rubbish

Date: 06 15 1948
Description: Uncollected garbage on South Hamilton Street being viewed by two children during a walkout strike by Local 236 Municipal Garage Department Union.
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Uncollected Rubbish on Capitol Square

Date: 06 15 1948
Description: Uncollected garbage in bushel baskets on Capitol Square during a walkout strike by Local 236 Municipal Garage Department Union.
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Uncollected Rubbish in Downtown Madison

Date: 06 15 1948
Description: Uncollected garbage in the 300 block of West Main Street during a walkout strike by Local 236 Municipal Garage Department Union.
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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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Sanitation Workers Carrying Trash to Garbage Truck

Date: 1976
Description: View down sidewalk of two African-American sanitation workers carrying cans and sacks of trash to a garbage truck, is stopped in a residential neighborhood...
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D-300-H Truck with Garbage Collect Body

Date: 1939
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a D-300-H truck used for garbage collection. Hercules body hydraulic hoist. Rounded sliding covers. Waterproof tailga...
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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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