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Street Address is exactly "W. Baltimore Pike and S. Olive St., Media, PA"

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J. H. Sloan, Media Odorless Excavator Company

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Address: W. Baltimore Pike and S. Olive St., Media, PA

Date: 1895-1900

Probably an employee and not Sloan, the owner, at the reins of the horse. This was an early version of a septic tank cleaning service, which used vacuum pumps to remove the contents of outhouses and cesspools before a public sewer system was…