About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2482
  • TitleBlizzard of '88
  • SummaryMan, woman and two children standing and dog on sled on Cobble Hill (perhaps Clinton Street near Amity Street) sidewalk in front of high snow banks after 1888 blizzard; row of wood-frame houses on left with iron fences in front.
  • Date[1888]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectBlizzards ; Wooden-frame houses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Cobble Hill (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Cobble Hill: Neighborhoods