Pedestrian Trying to Enter Mailbox
(Original Caption) A Manhattan resident wades through piles of trash to mailman letter on February 6th, as the strike by Department of Sanitation employees, now in its fifth day, brought the nation's largest city to the brink of a health crisis. City officials were to meet to consider declaring a state of emergency and Mayor John Lindsay was considering asking for help from the National Guard.
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517783550
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Bettmann
Date created:
06 February, 1968
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