With Dayton having experienced a major snow storm this week which broke the record for single day snowfall (previously held by the blizzard of 1978), this is an appropriate historic image to look at.
It depicts two residences on East Third Street in 1873 “after a heavy snowstorm.”
The horse-drawn streetcar is a nice addition to the picture. The first line in Dayton was on Third Street and had just started service in 1870…