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Garbage Collection

Background imageGarbage Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 11

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 11
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A view of some of the makeshift buildings that have grown among the rubbish tips. This is where the better off Zabballeen people live circa 1995

Background imageGarbage Collection: Countrymen on a stage coach, the Monument and Pie Corner

Countrymen on a stage coach, the Monument and Pie Corner. Four-horse stage coach in front of Saint Pauls Cathedral 1, the Monument to the Fire of London in Fish Street Hill 2

Background imageGarbage Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 10

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 10
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A man catches a pig. It will be eaten. There is little time for religious niceties among the poverty and filth of the rubbish tip

Background imageGarbage Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 8

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 8
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A cart pulled by two donkeys stops in the rubbish-strewn streets Date: circa 1995

Background imageGarbage Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 9

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 9
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A man catches a pig by the leg. It will be eaten. There is little time for religious niceties among the poverty and filth of the rubbish tip

Background imageGarbage Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 7

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 7
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A cart pulled by three small donkeys carries rubbish and three men from the tip Date: circa 1995

Background imageGarbage Collection: Filthy streets, Mokattam, Cairo

Filthy streets, Mokattam, Cairo
The filthy street of Mokattam in the middle of the rubbish tips of Cairo, Egypt Date: circa 1995

Background imageGarbage Collection: Desolation at sea-port Dikson, Arctic Russia

Desolation at sea-port Dikson, Arctic Russia. Summer, August. Broken and abandoned ships and rubbish everywhere in what use to be one of the major ports in Russian Arctic ocean coast (Kara sea)

Background imageGarbage Collection: Spain. War of Africa (1859-1860). Maps of Morocco

Spain. War of Africa (1859-1860). Maps of Morocco

Background imageGarbage Collection: WW1 poster, US Food Administration

WW1 poster, US Food Administration
Poster, Advice on kitchen waste for recycling, US Food Administration. circa 1918

Background imageGarbage Collection: Tiber Island. Italy

Tiber Island. Italy
Italy. Rome. Tiber Island with the bell tower of the Basilica of Saint Bartholomew on the Island

Background imageGarbage Collection: A Load of Rubbish

A Load of Rubbish
Looking down into a metal dustbin full of cans, bottles and other rubbish. 1960s

Background imageGarbage Collection: Old women scavenging, East End of London

Old women scavenging, East End of London
Two old women scavenging for rotten vegetables amongst market garbage in the East End of London. The scene may have been artificially constructed by superimposing several separate images

Background imageGarbage Collection: Garbage Burner 1894

Garbage Burner 1894
Travelling garbage burner (traction engine) for incinerating refuse in Chicago, USA


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