LowPolygon
Senior Member
![garbage2934.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/garbage2934.jpg)
this seems like a good time to visit the olden days of garbage in our fair city. yes, there is a history here...
![s0372_ss0070_it0017.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/s0372_ss0070_it0017.jpg)
the most immediate thing you notice is the sameness of it all; its an era before packaging, and definitely before plastic. these are all from around 1915.
![s0372_ss0070_it0016.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/s0372_ss0070_it0016.jpg)
![s0372_ss0070_it0021.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/s0372_ss0070_it0021.jpg)
![s0372_ss0070_it0020.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/s0372_ss0070_it0020.jpg)
first use of standardized metal trash cans, 1917
![s0372_ss0070_it0100.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/s0372_ss0070_it0100.jpg)
early garbage truck, 1929.
![f1231_it1128-1929.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/f1231_it1128-1929.jpg)
apparently, horses were used for garbage pickup as late as the late 1930's.
![s0372_ss0070_it0519.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/s0372_ss0070_it0519.jpg)
![s0372_ss0070_it0518.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/s0372_ss0070_it0518.jpg)
this is an early street cleaning truck. 1920's.
![streetbruch-1.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/streetbruch-1.jpg)
not quite sure what this thing did.
![f1231_it1298-1935.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/f1231_it1298-1935.jpg)
the early 40's seems to be the birth of the 'keep toronto clean' movement. these are public health officials 'tsk tsk-ing' the problem of trash in the city. one guy looks like he's about to pull out his tommy gun and shoot the garbage full of holes.
![s0372_ss0100_it0630-40s.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/s0372_ss0100_it0630-40s.jpg)
![s0372_ss0100_it0628-40s.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/s0372_ss0100_it0628-40s.jpg)
![s0372_ss0100_it0629-40s.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/s0372_ss0100_it0629-40s.jpg)
the solution? the "Sanivan"! it entered the picture in 1941
![sanivan3.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/sanivan3.jpg)
![garbage3-1.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/garbage3-1.jpg)
![s0372_ss0100_it0563.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/s0372_ss0100_it0563.jpg)
![garbage-1.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/garbage-1.jpg)
the "Sanivan" made garbage exciting!
![s0372_ss0100_it0568.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/s0372_ss0100_it0568.jpg)
![s0372_ss0100_it0535-1949.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/s0372_ss0100_it0535-1949.jpg)
and fun!
![s0372_ss0100_it0601-1945-52.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/s0372_ss0100_it0601-1945-52.jpg)
these are from a "beautify toronto" parade in 1948.
![s0372_ss0100_it0525-1948.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/s0372_ss0100_it0525-1948.jpg)
![beautifytorontoparade1949.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/beautifytorontoparade1949.jpg)
![s0372_ss0100_it055-1949.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/s0372_ss0100_it055-1949.jpg)
![s0372_ss0100_it0546-1949.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/s0372_ss0100_it0546-1949.jpg)
![s0372_ss0100_it0543-1949.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/s0372_ss0100_it0543-1949.jpg)
![s0372_ss0100_it0541-1949.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/s0372_ss0100_it0541-1949.jpg)
a job well done!
![s0372_ss0100_it0705.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/s0372_ss0100_it0705.jpg)
![can-1.jpg](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/thedeepend01/can-1.jpg)
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