Department Street Cleaning (DSC) workers shoveling snow from New York City streets in Jan. 1908. The DSC was created in 1881, but matured under the leadership of sanitary engineer and civic reformer, Civil War Veteran, Colonel George Waring in 1890s. He converted a 'ragtag army of the unemployed' into a decently paid, white unformed force of City employees (BSLOC_2018_2_95)
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