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Mechanized Street-Cleaning (1913)

Germany was in the vanguard of mechanization. The sanitation department in Stettin (Szczecin), a city in present-day Poland, was the first to use this cart, produced by the Bleichert Company, to clean the streets. The words on the side remind citizens: “Keep the streets clean!”

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Mechanized Street-Cleaning (1913)

© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz