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Child standing on snow gauge of the Weather Bureau

About this photograph

United States Weather Bureau. Provided by the National Photo Company Collection at the Library of Congress.

Date created

c. 1910–1917

License

This work is believed to be in the public domain. Users are advised to make their own copyright assessment and to understand their rights to fair use.

Source

Original image housed by National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress

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• American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide: Each month during 2007, LEARN NC will feature an in-depth look at one aspect of the Library of Congress' American Memory with a special focus on North Carolina materials. (Page 6)
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In this black and white photograph, a child wearing a black winter coat and stocking cap leans against a shielded snow gauge. This image was one of 72 pictures published in 1917 in a book called The Boy With the U.S. Weather Men. The accompanying caption in the book reads, “Measuring the Blizzard’s Rage.” A sophisticated version of this device — the Nipher Shielded Snow Gauge — is still in use by the United States Weather Service today.