Sorting refuse at incinerating plant, New York City
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Channel: Library of Congress · 2010 · Education
SUMMARY The subject is a group of about thirty men and boys who are sorting combustible refuse, mostly paper, and stuffing it into large sacks. In the background a man in a hat with an emblem on it can be seen unloading trash from a large wagon. Location may be the New York City Sanitation Department's East 17th Street facility, or possibly the incinerator at West 47th Street on the Hudson River. NOTES Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 20May1903; H32038. Camera, Edwin S. Porter. Photographed May 9, 1903. SUBJECTS Refuse and refuse disposal--New York (State)--New York. Sanitation workers--New York (State)--New York. Incinerators--New York (State)--New York. Actuality--Short. RELATED NAMES Porter, Edwin S., camera. Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) DIGITAL ID lcmp002 m2a45833 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/lcmp002.m2a45833
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