Film, Video
Sorting refuse at incinerating plant, New York City /

Format	Film, Video
Dates	1903
Location	New York
Language	English
Subjects	Incinerators New York New York (State) Refuse and Refuse Disposal Sanitation Workers

Title

Sorting refuse at incinerating plant, New York City /

Created Published

United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1903.

Subject Headings

-  Refuse and refuse disposal--New York (State)--New York.

-  Sanitation workers--New York (State)--New York.

-  Incinerators--New York (State)--New York.

Notes

-  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 20May1903; H32038.

-  Duration: 1:42 at 15 fps.

-  Camera, Edwin S. Porter.

-  Photographed May 9, 1903.

-  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.

-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.

-  Received: 5/20/03; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.

-  Received: 1989/90 from UCLA; dupe neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

-  Received: 1991 from LC lab; ref print; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

Medium

1 Roll (123 Ft.) : Si., B&W ; 35 Mm. Paper Pos.

Call Number/Physical Location

LC 1870 (paper pos)

FEB 9421 (ref print)

FPE 5304 (dupe neg)

Repository

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Lcmp002 M2A45833 Http://Hdl.Loc.Gov/Loc.Mbrsmi/Lcmp002.M2A45833

Library of Congress Catalog Number

00694386

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