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Photos: How NYC Dealt With Snow Removal Over 100 Years Ago

Snow removal, 1896.

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Bring cart-loads of snow to the East River. (Photo courtesy of the <a href="http://collections.mcny.org/">Museum of the City of New York, 93.1.1.14284)

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Dumping snow into the East River, 1899. (Photo courtesy of the <a href="http://collections.mcny.org/">Museum of the City of New York, 93.1.1.14281)

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Snow removal, 1896.

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Snow removal, 1896.

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Circa 1899. (Photo courtesy of the <a href="http://collections.mcny.org/">Museum of the City of New York, 93.1.1.14286)

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Circa 1899. (Photo courtesy of the <a href="http://collections.mcny.org/">Museum of the City of New York, 93.1.1.14324)

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Shoveling at Broadway and 36th, 1898. (Photo courtesy of the <a href="http://collections.mcny.org/">Museum of the City of New York, 93.1.1.14276)

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Circa 1899. (Photo courtesy of the <a href="http://collections.mcny.org/">Museum of the City of New York, 93.1.1.14297)

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(Photo courtesy of the <a href="http://collections.mcny.org/">Museum of the City of New York, 93.1.1.14334)

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Shoveling at the Herald Building, 1898. (Photo courtesy of the <a href="http://collections.mcny.org/">Museum of the City of New York, 93.1.1.14278)

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First Blizzard Of 1908.

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Cleaning The Streets After A Snow Storm. 1905.

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Piles Of Snow On Broadway, After Storm. 1905.

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Fifth Avenue, After A Snow Storm. 1905.

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