16X20 PHOTOGRAPH 1920S NY GARBAGE TRUCK MAKING PICKUP Start Price USD 125.00 Current Price USD 125.00 Time Left 10 days 10 hours 59 minutes Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, October 19, 2008 End Time Saturday, January 17, 2009 Location Shokan, NY See more about '16X20 PHOTOGRAPH 1920S NY GARBAGE TRUCK MAKING PICKUP' Description Sell more with every listing. Get Vendio Gallery today!This  photo is one of my favorites..I had 3 positives of this shot when I bought the collection and all are gone except this last photo..Shows a 1924 New York City Department of Sanitation Truck making their Garbage pickup on Lafayette street in lower Manhattan.2 of the workers doing nothing while the 3rd stands on a Garbage Can and empty's his load into the Truck and driver remains at wheel.What a Gig. I wonder if they still had a dump in Staten Island in 1924? Lafayette street still looks the same.I Love this Truck ..Absolutely a Gem to any Man who ever worked  Sanitation for the City or any resident on Lafayette Street or any Business,or Bar on the Street in So Ho..A really Classic Photo and the absolute last to be had! It comes to you unframed and is sized 16x20 and taken from the Original Glass Plate Negative.. These photos are all part of the fabulous collection listed below from Ewing Galloway.This 16x20 B&W re print was printed in the 1970s from the original Glass plate negatives of Ewing Galloway.There are no more to be had since  the original Glass Plate negatives  were  donated to two University's in the 1990s..I have approx 150 more unique photos all taken directly from the Glass negatives of men working Factory Jobs Native Americans and the list is endless..almost  This was the finest collection of photos I have ever seen. and I will be listing the entire collection, so please bookmark my seller page and see my other auctions and e bay stores to view them..Below is some important info on these Ewing Galloway photos."THE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO NEVER TOOK A PICTURE"Portraits of Early Twentieth-Century Life from Ewing Galloway    Known as "the photographer who never took a picture," Kentucky-bred lawyer, journalist, and farmer Ewing Galloway founded in New York City in 1920, one of the nation's largest and most successful commercial stock photography agencies.  From images of mining to mosquito control, rickshaws to rural gas stations, street gutters and irrigation canals to bridges and railway lines, Galloway seized upon the need to capture and market what remain for us today portrait windows onto the everyday life and achievements of the early twentieth century.This collection of photos features over 200 images of industry and daily life from the United States, Asia, and Native American reservations that Galloway marketed to newspapers and publishers around the globe.  They were selected from a collection donated to the Special Collections Research Center at Syracuse University Library   . Please see my other auctions to bid on some items and other 16x20 Galloway Photos which are all listed with NO RESERVES .. Please click below anywhere on my Guarantee or on any pictures to bring you to my current offerings............. If Property purchased is materially different from what is represented on this site, the buyer shall have the right within 5 business days of receiving the Property to rescind the transaction and return the Property to the seller, in the same condition as received, at the Buyer's risk, cost and expense. If the item was damaged during shipping, buyer needs to contact the shipper to resolve this matter. Seller will provide any necessary paperwork to help buyer with his/her claim. Place a Bid!