Front: "The snowdrifts were a sight to behold for many days"      

Back: "Boarding house row after the blizzard of 1899"                                                           

Castleman does not identify the street seen here, but does note on another photo that the address of her boarding house was 3427.  Considering the numbering of Philadelphia streets at the time, it is likely that this house was in the vicinity of 34th Street.

Front: "Marble stairway and frescoed wall"

Back: "Stairway of the Drexel Institute, part of entrance court, top of auditorium door, portrait of Anthony J. Drexel, & upper balcony, as seen from the front doorway."

The portrait of A.J. Drexel above the auditorium entrance was placed there after his death.  In 1905, a marble bust of Drexel, given to the Institute by Sarah Drexel Van Rensselaer, was placed at the landing on top of the first flight of stairs.