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Digging Out: 1922

Washington, D.C., after the blizzard of January 1922. "Snow" is all it says on the caption card; we wonder if the absence of a shadow might portend six more weeks of winter. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C., after the blizzard of January 1922. "Snow" is all it says on the caption card; we wonder if the absence of a shadow might portend six more weeks of winter. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

 

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