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Sanitation, Manhattan

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  • 38th Street (West) #247-49

    38th Street (West) #247-49

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  • Sanitation - [Police guarding strike breakers who are taking their cart loads of garbage to the dump ground.]

    Sanitation - [Police guarding strike breakers who are taking their cart loads of garbage to the dump ground.]

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Sanitation - [Police guarding strike breakers who are taking their cart loads of garbage to the dump ground.]

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Sanitation - [Police guarding strike breakers who are taking their cart loads of garbage to the dump ground.]

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Police guarding strike breakers who are taking their cart loads of garbage to the dump ground. Photo-News Dept. American Press Assoc. 226-229 W. 39th St., N.Y.

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