About This Item

  • Title[Blizzard of 1888]
  • Call NumberWAY_0011
  • Cite AsBreading Way photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryMan, woman, and two girls standing, and dog in small sleigh on Brooklyn sidewalk beside large pile of snow after the blizzard of 1888 and several attached wood row houses, with iron fences along front, on left.
  • Date1888
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. 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.