Compared to much of the state (hello Syracuse and Buffalo), New York City's annual snowfall is nothing to brag about, but most winters bring about a storm or two that dumps enough snow to slow the city down and, every few years, a significant, debilitating blizzard. Let's take a look back at photos of New York after a snowstorm. These photographs, from NYPL's vast Digital Collections, go as far back as 1895 and show some of the delights and challenges that snow brings to the city that never sleeps.

FIRST COMES THE SNOW...

NEXT COMES THE FUN!

THEN COMES DIGGING OUT AND SNOW REMOVAL

INEVITABLY FOLLOWED BY...SLUSH