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Boy with Tin Cans

Date: 1915
Description: A boy is standing behind a box of tin cans waiting to be carted to the dump. The boy is holding tin cans hanging from string in his hand.
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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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Farmhouse and Barnyard

Date: 04 1926
Description: Chickens stand in a barnyard surrounding a farmhouse. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to illustrat...
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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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Cluttered Backyard

Date: 05 1923
Description: Debris-strewn back yard of a farmhouse. Original caption reads: "Farm buildings - cluttered up back yard at John Eshe farm."
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Unkempt Backyard

Date: 07 1923
Description: Rags, discarded shoes, empty bottles and food cans littering the space surrounding a rear entrance to a farmhouse.
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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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Garbage Collection

Date: 1931
Description: Three men empty metal garbage cans into the bed of an International truck parked along the side of a residential road.
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Garbage Truck Outside Restaurant

Date: 
Description: Color photo of men unloading refuse into the back of an International garbage collection truck parked beside a restaurant. The neon signs on the restaurant...
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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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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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Men Pushing Trash Cans Towards Garbage Truck

Date: 1973
Description: View from lawn in a residential neighborhood of three men pushing trash cans on hand carts towards a garbage truck. Behind the garbage truck is an Internat...
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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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Garbage Trucks in Landfill

Date: 1973
Description: Three garbage trucks are pictured in a landfill dumping trash. An African-American man is standing by one of the trucks. The trucks are likely Internationa...
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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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K-5 Truck Mounted with Elgin Corps as Refuse-Getter

Date: 1941
Description: View across lawn towards two men standing near a K-5 truck used by the Department of Public Works, St. Joseph. The doors of the cab are removed. One man is...
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TD-14 — Municipalities

Date: 1950
Description: View towards a man driving a TD-14. Subject: "TD-14 — Municipalities." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by City of Jackson, Ten...

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