{"id":35897,"date":"2025-01-19T03:11:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T03:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/american-history\/department-of-street-cleaning-photographs-nyc-department-of-records-information-services\/"},"modified":"2025-01-19T03:11:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T03:11:41","slug":"department-of-street-cleaning-photographs-nyc-department-of-records-information-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=35897","title":{"rendered":"Department of Street Cleaning Photographs \u2014 NYC Department of Records &#038; Information Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Like many City agencies, the Department of Street Cleaning began using photography in the early years of the twentieth century to document their work. Although relatively few in number, the Street Cleaning pictures capture an essential municipal function at a time of transition from an exclusively human (and horse) powered operation to one with motorized and mechanical assistance. The many pictures of trucks, tractors, snow \u201cscoops,\u201d flushers, and other equipment attest to the Department\u2019s growing reliance on machinery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">One striking feature of the photographs, especially those from the earlier time period, is the ubiquity of horses. Two recent <em>For the Record<\/em> articles, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.nyc\/blog\/2024\/1\/12\/stables-and-auction-marts-building-plans-with-horses?rq=horse\" target=\"_blank\">Stables and Auction Marts: Building Plans With Horses<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/horsepower:%20The%20City%20and%20the%20Horse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Horsepower: The City and the Horse<\/a> discussed the importance of horses to transportation, construction and recreation in the city. The Street Cleaning pictures add to that theme with an abundance of images that document how critical horses were to the Department\u2019s mission.\u00a0In addition to the many photographs of horse-pulled carts and wagons, the Street Cleaning series includes several pictures of veterinarians employed by the Department, illustrating\u00a0how they cared for their equine population.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like many City agencies, the Department of Street Cleaning began using photography in the early years of the twentieth century to document their work. 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