05 March 2008

What Winter Was in Brooklyn


I came across this illustration in the Brooklyn Eagle archives of Borough Hall during the Great Blizzard on 1899. This was the enormous, country-wide snowstorm that plunged the nation into unprecented cold and snow for several days. I find the drawing quite touching in its simplicity.
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous3/05/2008 6:59 PM

    that's what the city is so desperately missing. I'm so serious.

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  2. Nesta3/06/2008 7:45 PM

    Simplicity? Or snow?

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  3. Lidian3/07/2008 8:08 AM

    I love the old Brooklyn Daily Eagle, this is a lovely picture. It reminded me - it being a winter picture - of the wonderful "Winter Scene in Brooklyn" (1820) by Francis Guy.

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