Throwback Thursday, 1940

THE SNOW PILES in this week’s photo may look familiar to anyone who’s looked outside lately, but the image is from 86 years ago. The pictured scene shows Fred’s Super Service Sinclair Gasoline station at Main and West Water streets. The “Valentine Blizzard” of Feb. 14-15, 1940 dropped an appropriate 14 inches of snow on

 

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