About This Item


  • TitleBlizzard of 1888
  • Call NumberWAY_0013
  • Cite AsBreading Way photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryWoman and three children standing on Brooklyn sidewalk between large piles of snow after the blizzard of 1888 with several attached wood row houses in background; a man is sweeping the top step of house on far left.
  • Date1888
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1888. Title from inscription on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorWay, Breading G. [photographer]
  • SubjectBlizzards -- New York (State) -- New York ; Row houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Snow -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.