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[New York City. Blizzard of 1888: Fulton St. toward ferry after plowing] – Vintage Wall Art

[New York City. Blizzard of 1888: Fulton St. toward ferry after plowing] — historic photograph
[New York City. Blizzard of 1888: Fulton St. toward ferry after plowing]. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: [New York City. Blizzard of 1888: Fulton St. toward ferry after plowing], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[New York City. Blizzard of 1888: Fulton St. toward ferry after plowing]

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Fulton Street, the broad thoroughfare that ran down to the East River ferry landing at the foot of Manhattan, appears here just after crews had plowed it open. The Blizzard of March 1888 struck the city on March 12 and 13, dropping well over a foot of snow and bringing elevated trains, streetcars, and commerce to a halt for days. Clearing the main arteries was a slow, labor-intensive job, and images like this one document how the city dug itself out. The print is a useful record of how much snow the storm left behind and how it reshaped street life.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1888
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,239 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-121025

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