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Department of Street Cleaning lantern slides

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In Folder: Department of Sanitation photographs

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Rendering, photograph of Betts Avenue destructor plant, Queens

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Rendering, photograph of Betts Avenue destructor plant, Queens

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“Take Pride in Your City – Keep it Clean” with city flag

Hand colored image

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Sign on field reading “The Department of Sanitation is Using City Refuse to Reclaim these Salt Marshes”

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Sample summons from sanitation inspector for “allow[ing] a dog to commit a nuisance on the sidewalk”

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“The Streets of New York” cartoon of skyline on USA map reaches from New York City to Los Angeles

"3800 miles of streets in New York City, 3140 miles"

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“Steam Lighter Baltic was purchased July 1928 at a cost of $22,500. Repairs to end of 1934 was $38,919 – in May 1937 this boat was resold to the company purchased from for $1,836 – Your guess is as good as mine”

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Man wearing mask stands outside one-story buildings, holding pole, by sectioned-off pools of liquid, from which steam or fumes are emanating

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Firemen and sanitation men stand in rubble

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Two Department of Sanitation men stand by 41st Street stock pens, Hudson River Day Line Pier in background

Rear of Department of Sanitation truck is open, and hug bloated dead cow is attached to pulley in truck by rear leg

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Exterior of Park Avenue Market

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Department of Sanitation bus

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Tractor pulling two dumpsters, seen from above

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Interior of dumping board, trash up to ceiling at one side, claws hang from ceiling

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Barge alongside dumping board with sign “Siamese, To Bridge.”

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Destructor plant in semi-rural setting, empty lot in foreground and houses in background

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Sign reading “Be Courteous to Everyone, Whether Rich or Poor. As You Impress the Public, so is the Department Judged.”

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Street cleaning vehicle with brushes, Brooklyn Bridge in background

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