SummarySanitation worker unloading garbage can into wagon harnassed to draft horse; man in suit and white hat standing next to wagon at right. Caption on verso: "This automated wagon top, invented by Augustine F. FitzGerald of 671 Hancock Street, was tried successfully by the Street Cleaning Department this week. It is intended for the collection of ashes and garbage without spreading the dirt and dust. The picture shows the inventor and an employee of the Department operating the wagon top."
NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Sep. 4, 1912.
Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
SubjectSanitary engineering -- New York (State) -- New York ; Horse-drawn vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Refuse collection vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York