About This Item

  • TitleBlizzard of '47
  • Call NumberNEIG_2273
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2180, NEIG 2271, NEIG 2270, NEIG 2272, NEIG 2269), some of which may also be described in this new record; Six images of commercial and residential sections of Sunset Park after the blizzard of 1947; three show men shoveling snow; four show partially buried automobiles; all show pedestrians; 2269: trolley car and fire hydrant; 2270: snow removing crane filling dump truck, street light with street signs, and church; 2271: moving truck.
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description6 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: photographer's stamp. Title from inscriptions on verso.
  • CreatorStibler, Vincent L.
  • SubjectBusiness districts [lctgm] ; Cranes, derricks, etc ; Snow ; Snow removal ; Stores, Retail ; Street lighting ; Trucks
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.