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 Image: Title: Date: Description:
1. Dumptruck at Landfill Dumptruck at Landfill n.d. Dumptruck emptying material into a landfill, exact location unknown.
2. Dumptrucks Emptying Garbage Dumptrucks Emptying Garbage June 14, 1948 Two men and two dumptrucks emptying garbage into an unidentified landfill.
3. Foam-Filled Tires Stop Refuse-Truck Flats Foam-Filled Tires Stop Refuse-Truck Flats September//1974 Photos and article about the preservation and resulting cost-savings to the city of tires on garbage trucks with the use of foam in the city's rough landfills.
4. Junk Yard Dog Junk Yard Dog July 1992 Photos and biographical article about 68-year-old Skip Sleyster (real name Duren Sleyster), "a millionaire scrap man and crusty spokesman for the little guy." Real estate developer and junk dealer in the...
5. Kansas City, Mo., Upgrades Public Works Programs Kansas City, Mo., Upgrades Public Works Programs December//1968 Photos and article about the upgrading of programs for the Kansas City Public Works Department, including new trash compactors and garbage trucks, Downtown street lights, residential sidewalks, landfills,...
6. Lack of Information--and Confusion Over Ownership--Fuel Landfill Stink Lack of Information--and Confusion Over Ownership--Fuel Landfill Stink August/6-12/1998 Discusses the problems surrounding the Southeast Landfill.
7. Landfill Landfill June 14, 1948 View of landfill, exact location unknown.
8. Landfill Landfill n.d. View of landfill, exact location unknown.
9. Landfill Sign Landfill Sign n.d. Sign indicating a closed landfill, exact location unkown.
10. Making a Difference Making a Difference November//1990 Discussion of the inorganic chemical recycling company and its owner, George Baggett, a national expert on environmental problems such as incinerators and landfills.
11. Men Standing in Landfill Men Standing in Landfill n.d. Group of men viewing a truck emptying refuse into a landfill.
12. Men Standing near Landfill Men Standing near Landfill n.d. Two men standing on a rise in or near an unidentified landfill.
13. Miscellaneous Landmarks Commission Photographs Finding Aid Miscellaneous Landmarks Commission Photographs Finding Aid 1920s-1970s These 575 photographs from the Landmarks Commission were produced by various Kansas City, Missouri, city departments during the 1920s through the 1970s. A number of historic Kansas City landmarks, neighborhoods,...
14. Sanitary Landfill Sanitary Landfill n.d. Sign describing "Sanitary Fill #25," parked truck, and man operating an earthmoving vehicle.
15. Single-Use Containers Single-Use Containers February 1972 Photo and description of the "new system" of garbage collection providing "weekly collection of combined refuse from residential buildings containing less than seven dwelling units."
16. The Rise and Fall of Barbara Potts The Rise and Fall of Barbara Potts July//1990 Photos and biographical article about Barbara Potts, former two-term reform mayor of Independence, Missouri, pushed out of office by "a quirky coalition of labor, veterans, firefighters, and trash haulers."...
17. The Road to Recycling The Road to Recycling July//1991 Article about recycling programs in Greater Kansas City and the dwindling space for garbage in landfills.