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Call NumberWH2129-2021-409CreatorPeery, BillDateAugust 5, 1973SummaryMany unusual things are swept under the remote corner of the urban carpet known as the Denver County landfill, 22 miles east of the city on the old Lowry Bombing Range. Some three million gallons yearly of liquid industrial wastes are poured into trenches, later to be filled with solid refuse and covered with earth. But tires below are reclaimed by on-site entrepreneurs who make sandles of them for resale in Mexico.Physical Description1 photographic print : black and white ; 28 x 18 cm (11 x 7.25 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectWaste disposal sites--Colorado--DenverUnderground waste disposalWaste managementGeographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRocky Mountain News Photograph CollectionFinding Aidhttps://archives.denverlibrary.org/repositories/3/resources/8879Type of MaterialPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsDigital Version Created FromWH2129, PhotoBox 378, FF Garbage DumpsOriginal Material Found in CollectionWH2129 Rocky Mountain NewsNotesDerived title. Summary taken from back of photograph.DonorRocky Mountain NewsPublisherRocky Mountain News

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Rights Statementhttps://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=enCreditDonated to the Denver Public Library by the Rocky Mountain News / [name of author or photographer if known]Digital Reproduction Available for PurchaseYes

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