Photos: How NYC Dealt With Snow Removal Over 100 Years Ago
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Snow removal, 1896.
Photo courtesy of the NYPLBring 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)
Photo courtesy of the NYPLDumping 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)
Photo courtesy of the NYPLSnow removal, 1896.
Photo courtesy of the NYPLCirca 1899. (Photo courtesy of the <a href="http://collections.mcny.org/">Museum of the City of New York, 93.1.1.14286)
Photo courtesy of the NYPLCirca 1899. (Photo courtesy of the <a href="http://collections.mcny.org/">Museum of the City of New York, 93.1.1.14324)
Photo courtesy of the NYPLShoveling 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)
Photo courtesy of the NYPLCirca 1899. (Photo courtesy of the <a href="http://collections.mcny.org/">Museum of the City of New York, 93.1.1.14297)
Photo courtesy of the NYPL(Photo courtesy of the <a href="http://collections.mcny.org/">Museum of the City of New York, 93.1.1.14334)
Photo courtesy of the NYPLShoveling 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)
Photo courtesy of the NYPLFirst Blizzard Of 1908.
Photo courtesy of the NYPLPiles Of Snow On Broadway, After Storm. 1905.
Photo courtesy of the NYPLOn 23rd Street.
Photo courtesy of the NYPLFifth Avenue, After A Snow Storm. 1905.
Photo courtesy of the NYPL