Just take a look at this photograph from the blizzard of 1888.

It was captioned, “A Litchfield snow drift from the great blizzard of March 12, 1888.  Miss Minerva Buel & dog and Mrs. J. A. Vanderpoel [Emily Noyes Vanderpoel] at the side of Dr. Buel’s Norway Spruces.”  This house is on North Street.

The caption for this photo reads, “Dr. Buel’s house showing same after snow had left 1888 10 days after blizzard.” It’s hard to believe all that snow could melt so fast.

Here’s a composite shot:

If you would like to share your photos for the archives, send your best storm shots to archivist@litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org.