Title:

Street Sweeper, Anaheim. [graphic]

Digital Anaheim

Description:

Elgin Steet Sweeper, Anaheim's first power sweeper; image shows Elgin Motor Sweeper, manufactured by the Elgin Street Sweeper Company in 1914 in front of brick building housing Anaheim City Hall and Fire Station, located at 204 East Center Street (later Lincoln Ave.); World War I Navy recruiting poster in background on fire station wall reads "THE NAVY / NEEDS YOU! / DON'T READ [AMERICAN HISTORY] / MAKE I[T]!"; four unidentified men are also visible.

Date:

ca. 1914 (issued)

Contributing Institution:

Anaheim Public Library