Whatever time period they live in, people are pretty predictable. Whenever it snows, the first thing they do is have a snowball fight. The second thing is make a snowman.
Today, over a century of those snowmen!
State Library and Archives Florida |
Students at Florida State University, Tallahassee, pose around their snowman, 1958. Source
Library of Congress |
Snowman stereo, ca. 1888. Source
National Library of Wales |
A snowman in 1853 (salt paper print). Source
© IWM (A 2770) |
A snowman aboard the HMS Kelvin, WW2. Source
Centre for Jewish History, NYC |
A little girl frightened of a snowman (or snow creature), about 1934, Jerusalem. Source
Library of Congress |
A big snowman and a little snowman, Norwich, Connecticut, 1940. Source
Library of Congress |
American children building a snowman in Lebanon, 1946. Source
Myron Davis, LIFE © Time Inc |
Harold E. Stassen building a snowman with his daughter, US, 1945. Source
National Library of Wales |
Australian children in the snow at Pen-y-groes, Arfon, Wales, 1962. Source
© IWM (NA 21347) |
British gunners build a snowman in Italy, 1945. Source
State Library and Archives Florida |
A snowman at the fire station in Tallahassee, Florida, 1958. Source
G. W. Herold, LIFE © Time Inc |
Soldiers offering cigarettes and a coke to their well-endowed snow(wo)man, 1945. Source
Library of Congress |
A photograph titled, "What it takes to melt a snowman this lady has." 1924. Source
The Library of Virginia |
Girls painting their snowman, Virginia, 1958. Source
Library of Congress |
A snowman at a school in North Dakota, 1942. Source
Bibliotheque de Toulouse |
Children with a snowman, Germany, early 20th C. Source
Nationaal Archief |
Snow verions of the queen and princess of the Netherlands (and their dog), 1913. Source
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