In New Orleans, just a little bit of snow can paralyze the city, because it is so rare that no one is used to it, and there is no snow removal equipment.  Here is what 8 inches of snow did to Canal Street traffic on Valentine's Day, 1895.  This is two years after electrification began, but the lines on Canal Street will not begin to be electrified until later in this year.  There are still plenty of bob-tail horse cars to get stuck in the snow.  The steel tower is at the corner of Carondelet/Bourbon and Canal.  In the bottom picture, the leftmost car is marked “Canal & Tulane Ave.”  The top and bottom pictures are from published postcards, while the middle picture appears to be the original from which the postcard of the top picture was created.  Notice how the trails in the snow at the right have been smoothed out in the postcard.  Incidentally, this snowfall set a record which stood until December 31, 1963. — Collection of Anthony Posey & Crystal Craddock-Posey (middle), Grombach-Faisans (bottom)