
Street sweeper and handcart. New York City, circa 1896. (Photo by Elizabeth Alice Austen)

Street cleaner. New York City, circa 1896. (Photo by Elizabeth Alice Austen)

Horse-drawn ash cart. New York City, circa 1896. (Photo by Elizabeth Alice Austen)

New street cleaner. Vienna, circa 1896. (Photo by George Grantham Bain Collection/Library of Congress)

Street types of New York City: Street cleaner with rubber boots shoveling snow, circa 1896. (Photo by Elizabeth Alice Austen)

Street types of New York City: Men loading horse-drawn snow carts, circa 1896. (Photo by Elizabeth Alice Austen)

Street types of New York City: Street cleaner with pick ax standing in front of pile of snow, circa 1896. (Photo by Elizabeth Alice Austen)

Cleaning the streets in a New York blizzard, 1899. (Photo by Detroit Publishing Company)


Street cleaning – Auto street cleaner. New York, between 1907 and 1913. (Photo by George Grantham Bain)



Cleaning snow from streets. New York, January1908. (Photo by George Grantham Bain)


Cleaning snow from streets in trucks. New York, January1908. (Photo by George Grantham Bain)

A two-horse team street cleaner, with sprayer, squeegee, and roller at rear. New York, between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915. (Photo by NYC Municipal Archives)



Photo shows street cleaning vehicle in New York City, made by Magnus Butler. New York, between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915. (Photo by George Grantham Bain)
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