While researching New York City today in the NAIL (National Archives and
Records Administration's Information Locator) I discovered that the captions
and the photo don't match in fact:
The lion statues at the New York Public Library, with a mantle of snow during
the record December 1948 snowfall. (NWDNS-306-NT-609K-20)
Photo
Photo actually Chicago Stock yards!
Still Pictures Branch (NWDNS), National Archives at College Park, 8601
Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001 PHONE: 301-713-6625 x234
George J. Myers, Jr.