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Description
A young man with a shovel on Crescent Street in Portland, shoveling out after the Great Blizzard of 1899.
The storm covered a large area of the United States. New England received two to three feet of snow and temperatures in Texas dropped to -5 degrees. The Port of New Orleans iced over.
About This Item
- Title: Crescent Street, Portland, 1899
- Creation Date: 1899
- Subject Date: 1899
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Collection: Portland Harbor Museum, Angell Collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Snow removal--Maine--Portland
- Streets--Maine--Portland
- Crescent Street (Portland, Me.)
- Winter--Maine--Portland
- Blizzards--Maine
- Snow--Maine--Portland
- Digging
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