This photograph shows staff and garbage trucks in front of the old City Lighting Plant, which later became the Refuse Collection Division building. In the background the bleachers for the island baseball field can be seen.
This photograph shows the Superintendent of the Garbage Collection Division, Martin Bakker, in front of a horse drawn cart. Two workers sit on the cart. They are standing in front of the Garbage Collection building, which was formerly the City…
This photograph is of Martin Bakker. Bakker was the superintendent of the Garbage Collection division of Public Services. He is standing with an unidentified woman in front of the Garbage Collection building, formerly the City Lighting Plant.
This photograph is of the City Lighting Plant building in 1927, which at that time had been reconfigured for the Refuse Collection Division of the Public Services Department.
This photo is of the construction of the Civic Auditorium in 1932. The constructing of this building was a WPA program and it was later renamed after the George Welsh Civic Auditorium after the Mayor who pushed for the project. The address now is…