It Really Did Snow-Mary Duane, below, of Cambridge, and Florence Higgins of Dorchester pointing to depth of 96.6 inches of snow that fell on Boston Common during the winter, as estimated by Harvard's Blue Hill observatory.

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It Really Did Snow-Mary Duane, below, of Cambridge, and Florence Higgins of Dorchester pointing to depth of 96.6 inches of snow that fell on Boston Common during the winter, as estimated by Harvard's Blue Hill observatory.

[ca. April 1948]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Weather: Snowstorms: 1947-49

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