San Antonio Texas Garbage Collection March 1939

An overflowing garbage can sits by the back door of a house in the Mexican district of San Antonio, Texas, in March 1939. The image shows the waste collection practices in place during this time, with garbage collected weekly. This reflects the historical sanitation conditions in urban Mexican neighborhoods of the era.

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