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Sorting refuse at incinerating plant, New York City
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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. |
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| Year: | 1903 |
| Genre: | Historical |
| Keywords: | Refuse and refuse disposal--New York (State)--New York; Sanitation workers--New York (State)--New York; Incinerators--New York (State)--New York; Actuality--Short; |
| Duration: | 00:01:42 |
| Color: | No |
| Sound: | No |
| Amount of Motion: | Medium |
| Language: | English |
| Sponsor: | Thomas Edison |
| Contributing Organization: | Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division |
| Transcript Available: | No |
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| Digitizing Organization: | Library of Congress |
