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Tag: useless inventions
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Just a man on his bicycle, 1949. Source and hi-res : Museum of New Zealand / via back-then
Woman lighting her cigarette held in a novelty cigarette holder in the shape of a musical instrument, ca. 1932 [non credited photographer/Fox Photos/Getty Images]
Women wearing cone face protectors for snowstorms and blizzard, Montreal, 1939 :: pretty useless inventions
Tree aesthetic surgery, ca. 1890
Founded in 1880 in Kent, Ohio, by John Davey, Davey Tree Care Co. was a company that offered to the wealthy landowners in the area to look after their rare tree specimens.These photographs were taken in the 1890’s to show the techniques used to model the shape of a tree by splitting it and forcing each branch into a predefined position. / source: La Boite Verte and their photo mysteries
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Tree aesthetic surgery, ca. 1890
Founded in 1880 in Kent, Ohio, by John Davey, Davey Tree Care Co. was a company that offered to the wealthy landowners in the area to look after their rare tree specimens.These photographs were taken in the 1890’s to show the techniques used to model the shape of a tree by splitting it and forcing each branch into a predefined position. / via lasmicrofisuras and a site I love: La Boite Verte and their photo mysteries
related post, here
“Amplifiers at Bolling Field, 1921.″ Two giant horns with ear tubes, evidently designed to listen for approaching aircraft. National Photo Co. / source and hi-res: Shorpy
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