Vintage landscape: burning the leaves

Burning the autumn leaves on Broadway in Norwich, Connecticut, 1940, by Jack Delano, Library of Congress“Burning the autumn leaves on Broadway in Norwich, Connecticut,” November 1940, by Jack Delano.

Today, they might be advised to do this.

Burning the autumn leaves on Broadway in Norwich, Connecticut, 1940, by Jack Delano, Library of CongressBoth photos via the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Have a happy Thanksgiving Day!