History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days. ~Winston Churchill

07 December, 2013

Snowmen of Former Days

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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