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Dominion Metal Company

Four men standing alongside a large truck with front arm for emptying dumpsters. The sign on the driver’s door reads “We Go For Garbage – Dominion refuse Collectors” with a design of a cat pushing a broom.

Louis Michelson Archives, Saint John Jewish Historical Museum

The Dominion Metal Company was started by Myer Budovitch in 1904. He was joined by his son-in-law, William Kaplansky and grandson, Leonard Kaplansky. They handled all types of scrap metal and later expanded to handle cardboard and other waste material. This photograph was taken in the mid-1970s with  Mayor Edis Flewelling, Richard Likely, Leonard Kaplansky, Thomas Higgins.