Flashback: Snowy Commute Circa 1888
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<p>"Snow-covered train tracks, rooftops and arches of the Brooklyn Bridge seen from the rear of a train." March 14, 1888</p>
<p>"Downtown at 1:30 p.m. on Park Row as people and horse-drawn vehicles struggle to make their way through the snow of the Blizzard of 1888, as seen from the foot path of the Brooklyn Bridge." March 14, 1888</p>
<p>Pedestrians didn't have it easy. Can you find the sidewalk? "Snow-covered exterior of the Grand Opera House at Elm Place and Fulton St." March 13, 1888</p>
<p>And from <a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=716133&imageID=809702&total=3&num=0&word=snow%201888&s=1&notword=&d=&c=&f=&k=0&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&imgs=20&pos=2&e=w">the NYPL</a>: "A policeman rubbing snow on the frozen ears of a passer-by during the storm. (1888)" What?</p>