M. Blossom on chair in snow of 1881

M. Blossom on chair in snow of 1881

Another view of the great snowstorm of March 19, 1881 shows the east side of the Square. M. Blossom, jeweler, is seated on a chair perched high on a snowbank. The crew of shovelers pose to the left of the snowbank. The chair is in front of two buildings on South Benton that are rarely photographed. He is seated in front of an unnamed barber shop in a small frame building with Italianate roof details. It is adjacent to the brick Rathole that has the Bordwell's Meat Market sign. In the background, the Murphy Block (100 to 108 N. Benton shows the beginning of the First National Bank sign on the side as well as the C. N. Kendall Dentist and Sherman Jewelers signs in front. Hoy Block is on the far left side with a faint view of the F. W. Buell Feed Mill on Clay Street.
101 S. Benton Rathole, Boardwell's Meat Market, Barber Shop
100 N. Benton First National Bank, C. N. Kendall Dentist
102 N. Benton
104 N. Benton M. Sherman Jewelers
106 N. Benton
108 N. Benton
110 N. Benton Joslyn Building
301 Clay F.W. Buell Flour and Feed
100 Cass Hoy Block

1881