A City of Chicago Dept of Streets and Sanitation garbage crew riding the tailgate hopper. Chicago Illinois USA. March 2010.

I took this timeless image of a City of Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation garbage truck crew in transit to their next pick up location.

This is a photo so typical of everyday working Chicago neighborhood scenes.
The crew of this trash collection team, is viewed turning north from West Belmont Avenue on to north Ottawa Avenue.

This image hasn't changed much over the course of time in the city of Chicago Illinois, as I have childhood memorys from the late 1960's and early 70's growing up in Chicago and seeing the smae view on any given weekday.

During the 1960's and early 1970's...three axel garbage trucks were not common in Chicago just yet, as most were of the smaller two axel variety. During the 1960's, I can recall that the City of Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation vechicles were painted orange with maroon wheels and grills.

While todays fleet of garbage trucks from the City of Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation are mostly made up of Volvo cabover models, during the 1960's and early 70's the White compact cabover was the industry standard.

Still, garbage crews riding the tailgate hopper is a timeless image from Chicago nonetheless.