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dc.date.accessioned2007-10-16T12:40:53Z-
dc.date.available2007-10-16T12:40:53Z-
dc.date.createdUploaded by Elaine Jackson on 10/16/07. Original photograph taken between the 1950s and 1970s.-
dc.date.issued2007-10-16T12:40:53Z-
dc.identifier.other33316-
dc.identifier.otherR-1-
dc.identifier.other#20-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2451/23702-
dc.descriptionBlack and white glossy photo with uneven white borders. Borders on left and bottom are larger than top and right borders. Photo slightly wrinkled at top left. Verso: brown stains (mildew?) in lower half, more toward left/side corner. Handwritten numbering in blue pen in upper left corner: "R-1," below that "#20;" "33316" in upper right corner. Black ink stamp in upper right corner, reading "PHOTO FILE NO. ______/CITY OF NEW YORK/DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION/OFFICIAL PHOTO/FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY;" stamp text centered. Provenance: Removed from site by Robin Nagle, 9/07; found in manila folder labeled "Landfill operations -- Fresh Kills/Fountain Avenue 1950s-1970s 33231-33823."en
dc.description.abstractThree uniformed male sanitation workers at either Fresh Kills or Fountain Avenue. Two men are on a platform working, and the other is below them working on the same platform. An Athey wagon is behind them. Black and white, dated between the 1950s and 1970s.en
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dc.subjectOn the Job, worken
dc.subjectHistoryen
dc.subjectBrooklynen
dc.subjectStaten Islanden
dc.subjectLandfillen
dc.subjectFountain Avenueen
dc.subjectSanitation workeren
dc.subjectTrades - metalworkeren
dc.subjectUniformen
dc.subjectWaste disposalen
dc.subjectVehicleen
dc.subjectFresh Kills-
dc.subjectAthey wagons-
dc.subjectmetalworker-
dc.titleLandfill operations -- Fresh Kills/Fountain Avenue 1950s-1970s 33231-33823en
dc.typeImageen
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