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City of Madison's New Leaf Loader

Date: 10 11 1950
Description: Pictured is the city of Madison street department's new $4,000 leaf loader during operations in the 12th Ward. The suction unit, which is like a huge "vacu...
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Man in Street Department Office

Date: 1976
Description: An older man is standing in an office, possibly a weigh station of the Philadelphia Street Department. He is at a bench with papers and various office supp...
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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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Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Project

Date: 08 13 1965
Description: H.O. Lord, Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District chief engineer, outlining the existing sewerage district on a map. Lord is trying to educate the public c...

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