About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0849
  • Title[Four men and garbage truck]
  • SummaryThree suited men sitting in cab of garbage truck; fourth suited man standing outside of cab. Caption: "Some of the officials who took part in the cleanup drive in Flatlands and adjoining sections in the cab of one of the Department of Sanitation trucks. Left to right -- John R. McCarthy, Assistant Borough Superintendent of Sanitation; Charles J. Labdon, assistant City Superintendent of the Sanitation Department; Dr. John Oberwager and George H. MacBeth, president of the Canarsie Chamber of Commerce."
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: Apr. 14/37; "Eagle staff photo."
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectRefuse collection vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sanitary engineering -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatlands (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Sanitation Department: After 1940