Dorchester Illustration 2551 Wooden Snow Shovels
Many of you are waking up to the task of dealing with the snow from yesterday’s storm. Today’s photo shows snow shovels in the collection of the Dorchester Historical Society. They are displayed in the barn, which has a large collection of agricultural implements owned by the Clapp family.
The other photo is from 1920, when a blizzard dumped snow on New England. The fire station at Peabody Square is visible in the middle of the photo behind the trolley car.
Think how lucky we are to have light-weight snow shovels, not to mention snow blowers.