In 1911, autumn leaf-burners are advised not to start the conflagrations in the streets where the Model Ts and the other new “machines” — that is, automobiles full of gasoline — might themselves ignite. Welcome to This Day In Leaf-Burning History as your host Allan Appel and regular co-pilot Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum travel back in time.
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