I vividly remember going out with my father during the afternoon of the blizzard and walking about 6 – 7 blocks to the Prospect Movie House in the Bronx. We got more than 19.6″ in Queens. I do remember watching it snow all day, when I was sick in bed with tonsillitis.
We made a big igloo in the front yard and had fun climbing in and out of it. New York City (NYC) Blizzard of 1947. Because it was a Sunday, traffic was light … My father was 7 years old. I remember having to walk to school on Monday and I always remind by children, when they complain about a little snow, about the storm of ’48. The snowstorm was described as the worst blizzard after 1888. Click on the image to see the NFL's champions since the league's founding in 1920.
In New York City, where the snow fell quietly, and steadily, for hours and hours, several LIFE photographers stepped out of the magazine’s offices, cameras in hand, and recorded the scene. December 19, 1948 – Times Square 8:53 pm On this day 63 years ago, 19.6 inches of snow blanketed the city.
Mayor William O’Dwyer had a force of 18,340 men to remove the snow and keep the city running.To the disappointment of children on Monday, New York City schools were open.Looking north from the Times Building we see on the left My grandfather Samuel Berk died of a heart attack after shoveling out of this snowstorm the following day, in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn. By the time most New Yorkers were going to work the blanket lay three inches deep. Mother walked home for miles in that storm at night She was specialFrederick H. Zurmuhlen was the Commissioner of Public Works.I have a photo of me on a sled in Newark, NJ among mounds of snow, labeled “winter 1948-49” — I was not quite 4 years old at the time. I’ll never forget. On this day 63 years ago, 19.6 inches of snow blanketed the city. covered New York in almost 20 inches of white powder. The weather bureau predicted cloudiness and cold winds throughout the day, but little mention was made of snow accumulation. I thought I had died and gone to heaven because no only was there no school but the plows covered all the vehicles on both sides of 93d st creating club houses when the cars left. They fell without letup all morning, all afternoon and into the night.Long after night fall the illuminated news sign of the New York Times flashed an announcement to little groups of people huddled in Times Square that the snowfall, which totaled an amazing 25.8 inches in less than 24 hours, had beaten the record of the city’s historic blizzard of 1880. But as the day wore on this characteristic blasé attitude vanished.
Next month they will celebrate their 65th anniversary.I was 4 years old when this storm hit. We had to poke holes to find our car.My father was on the last train that could get out of Grand Central to Scarsdale that day. Here is Times Square in the midst of this snowstorm with only a few pedestrians and cars visible. But the city, used to ignoring all natural phenomena and reassured by a weather forecast of “occasional flurries,” went about its business. Because it was a Sunday, traffic was light and the city was able to prepare and battle the storm efficiently.
I miss them.I was not-quite 4 years old, living in Franklin Square, which, as I recall, got 16 inches of snow. The Blizzard of 1947 buried New York City under 26.4 inches of snow.
There we paid a man $20 (big bucks back then)to take us by car to our new home on Knickerbocker Ave. I said yes and we shoveled walks in our neighborhood and made a lot of money for 8 year olds!Lived in Larchmont ny. By the time most New Yorkers were going to work the blanket lay three inches deep. From the moment 1978 arrived, it was clear that there would be no shortage of snow that year. Plus it seemed like more because it was over my head. I recall walking behind my father, probably in his footsteps, with the wind howling and a complete “white out”. In December 1948, a blizzard (remember those?) The blizzard held the city's snowfall record for 59 years. They must have done a good job, because incredibly, city schools were all open the next morning. The blizzard resulted in the founding of the Christman Bird and Wildlife Sanctuary located near Delanson, New York. What fun.I was 4 1/2 years old, living in Middle Village, Queens. Memories of those blessed, reprieves from school “Snow day!” undoubtedly plays a part in the collective excitement, and whether it’s in a vast metropolis or a remote, small town, the prospect of a blizzard can elicit, along with some apprehension, great anticipation, a sense of thrill.There’s concern, certainly, about our families, our neighbors, our power and heat, our ability to get out and about in the snow and its aftermath, but there can also be a pure, underlying In December 1947, a huge, historic storm dumped record levels of snow on the northeastern United States.
I will never forget that trip.I was 10 years old during the blizzard of ’48. A faint, muffled shout of triumph went up from the victims.”A snowbound automobile in the middle of New York City’s West 22nd Street between a long line of other cars buried at the curb.Andreas Feininger The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesAndreas Feininger The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesMichael Rougier The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesOn the floor of Grand Central Station a father and his two young sons waited through the night for the train home.Michael Rougier The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesMichael Rougier The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesMichael Rougier The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesMichael Rougier The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesAndreas Feininger The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesTravel back in time with treasured photos and stories, sent right to your inbox If you lived in Long Island during the 70s, then you likely remember the February of 1978, when the island, and much of the Northeast was blanketed with the worst storm of the decade. They still think I’m making all up. The Great Blizzard of 1947 was a record-breaking snowfall that began on Christmas without prediction and brought the northeastern United States to a standstill. The car was snowed in at the train station so he had to walk home in his suit and good shoes accompanied by a bottle of whiskey.I was 8 years old, living in Bayside, Queens. We got to the 168th st and Jamaica Ave station in Queens and took the el train to Eastern Pkwy in Brooklyn. Dec. 19, 1948 - The #Eagles weathered a blizzard to defeat the #Cardinals 7-0 and claim the #NFL Championship.