This snowy photo of East Main Street in Elkton, Maryland was taken in February of 1899. Snow removal was mostly done by hand, which meant Mother Nature was in charge!
The area pictured was the vicinity of today’s courthouse. The wood sided house was the location of Miss Tabby Jones’s Nursery School. None of the gentlemen in the photo were identified. It appears two of them were standing in front of a drug store.
According to the February 18, 1899 edition of the Cecil Whig, Cecil County was “completely snowbound and Elkton and the various other towns cut off from all outside communication except by telegraph and telephone.”
