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| Date: | 08 12 1948 |
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| Description: | Two men are scattering barium carbonate rat poison in a city dump located at the end of Fern Drive off Highbury Road near University Avenue. The land was o... |
| Date: | 04 1926 |
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| Description: | View of a manure pile near a barn. Used to demonstrate the dangers of placing waste too near to a house. A rooster is standing atop the pile, and a bicycle... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Manure is piled against the side of a barn in a yard surrounded by farm buildings. A wooden wagon wheel is near a building in the background. |
| Date: | 02 24 1978 |
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| Description: | "Theresa Waste Disposal System. Village man, Jim Zillmer, checks out sprinkler system." |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| 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,... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | "Brenda Widmer walks her dog Bonnie next to the disposal system. In distance is Sunny Brae farm, site of present-day Schnitzler River View Hills mobile hom... |
| Date: | 05 1980 |
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| Description: | "On a hillside off McArthur Road, waste water from Widmer Cheese Factory is dumped into a ridge & furrow disposal system." |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 08 1910 |
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| Description: | Man outdoors operating lifting jack for a hay press. There is a large pile of wood in the background and a fence. |
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| Description: | View across garbage and waste around a pool of water towards a fire burning in a landfill. Trees are along a ridge in the far background. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Solid waste, some of it burned, scattered on the ground in a landfill next to a road along the left side. In the background are trees and a hill. |
| Date: | 09 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Signs protesting city annexation activities and city extension of services to the 21st ward, greeted city garbage and rubbish truck drivers as they made th... |
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