The storm that swallowed Gotham

A look back at one of the worst blizzards in American history

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The awning of a grocery store is damaged from the weight of the snow during the blizzard of 1888 in New York, New York.
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(Image credit: (Library of Congress)On March 10, 1888, the weather in the Northeast was fair and in the 50s, more indicative of the spring to come than of the winter season almost passed. A storm heading ea)

(Image credit: (AP Photo/Arthur H. Fisher)Seventy-five miles of the Long Island Railroad system was blocked for more than a week. New York's elevated trains were abandoned on ice-slicked rails. In the early)

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Jackie Friedman
Jackie Friedman

Jackie Friedman is the assistant photo editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the photojournalism program at Kent State University and now lives in New York.