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First blizzard of 1908 in New York

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Title
First blizzard of 1908 in New York
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

New York City -- Snow

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1908
Topics
Snow -- New York (State) -- New York
Broadway (New York, N.Y.) -- 1900-1909
Flatiron Building (New York, N.Y.) -- 1900-1909
Blizzards -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1900-1909
Snow removal -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1900-1909
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Top left image: "[Str]eet cleaners clearing away the heavy snow on Broadway--four hundred street cleaners succumbed to the cold." Top right image: "Powerful car-sweeper whirling the snow from the Broadway tracks." Bottom left image: "A relic of the olden time--horse car with a double team struggling painfully along Twenty-eighth Street." Bottom right image: "The usually busy vicinity of the Flatiron deserted." Printed on border: "Characteristic scenes at the chief centre of a great storm which did widespread damage and caused the loss of seven lives.--B.G. Phillips." Written on border: "Feb. 6, 1908."
Source note: Leslie's monthly magazine. (New York : F. Leslie, 1904-1905).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 photographic print : b ; 21 x 23 cm. (8 1/4 x 9 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17540149
Barcode: 33333159176821
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fa235e60-c55f-012f-414e-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1908: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The New York Public Library. "First blizzard of 1908 in New York" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1908. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-28a3-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The New York Public Library. "First blizzard of 1908 in New York" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-28a3-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The New York Public Library. (1908). First blizzard of 1908 in New York Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-28a3-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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First blizzard of 1908 in New York