About This Item


  • Title[Blizzard of March, 1888]
  • Call NumberNEIG_0386
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 0388, NEIG 0387, NEIG 0385, NEIG 0384), some of which may also be described in this new record; Five images of snow drifts on streets of Brooklyn Heights: all show brownstone houses, two show street lamps, two show men shoveling.
  • Date1888
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description5 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: March 13, 1888; photographer's name inscribed. Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • CreatorBetts, Morris
  • SubjectBlizzards ; Brownstone buildings ; Snow
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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.