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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. / 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

Doing laundry in the Central Park lake, December 16, 1949—the day the photo was taken—was “dry Friday” in New York City. Thanks to a severe drought that left upstate reservoirs at 34 percent capacity, city residents were forbidden to shave, bathe, or do any other activity that day if it required water.These three women—Copacabana girls, part of the East Side nightclub’s famous chorus girl lineup, per the caption on the photo—are demonstrating their patriotic duty to do laundry without any running water. / source: Ephemeral New York