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Leach Garbage Truck
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Color photo of a man collecting garbage cans from an alleyway and emptying them into a truck with an IH logo on the front of the chassis and a Leach logo on the garbage truck.
1960
International Harvester Company
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W0149D7
WHi 94993
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International Scout truck with dump box loading refuse into a garbage truck in a suburban neighborhood.
International Garbage Truck
1931
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. Phone 2-8140."
Garbage Collection
1931
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Garbage Truck Emptying into Incinerator
1976
A garbage truck is backed up and emptying refuse into what is likely an incinerator. A man is standing at the open driver's door, and another man is sitting in the cab. The doors a sign that reads:...
International Severe Service Refuse Trucks Brochure
1982
Front cover of an advertising brochure for International "Severe Service Refuse" trucks. Features color illustrations of a garbage truck and a dump truck.
