Collection of newspaper accounts concerning the New York city snowstorm of 1888 : known as the Great White Hurricane of 1888.

Collector
Vinton, Frederic, 1817-1890 [Browse]
Format
Manuscript
Language
English
Description
1 v. (41 pieces) : ill. ; 66 cm.

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    Arrangement
    Newspapers are bound in chronologically.
    Summary note
    Scrapbook containing single newspaper issues covering the snowstorm that paralyzed New York city, and most of the Eastern seaboard, in March 1888.
    Notes
    • Spine title: Snow storm of 1888.
    • Labels of the Cliosophic Society College pasted down on some issues.
    Provenance
    Collected and bound together by Frederic Vinton, librarian of the Chancellor Green Library at Princeton (1873-1890).
    OCLC
    84433407
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