Sepia Saturday: Winter!

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We've got great inspiration this week for Sepia Saturday, two 19th century children elegantly bundled up for the snow. 

Below is what winter images I found in the Library of Congress' archives.




Wolcott, Marion Post, photographer. Children ride on sleds almost all winter. Woodstock, Vermont. United States Vermont Woodstock, 1939. [Mar. or 1940 Mar.?] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017755740/.


American Winter Scene. , ca. 1867. Phila.: Published by Joseph Hoover. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/99472679/.


H.M. Smyth Printing Company, and H Brosius. Winter carnival- St. Paul ice palace 194 ft. wide - 217 ft. long / H. Brosius ; lith. by The H.M Smyth Print Co. Saint Paul Minnesota, ca. 1886. Dec. 30. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004672439/.


H.M. Smyth Printing Company, and H Brosius. Winter carnival- St. Paul ice palace 194 ft. wide - 217 ft. long / H. Brosius ; lith. by The H.M Smyth Print Co. Saint Paul Minnesota, ca. 1886. Dec. 30. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004672439/.


Comments

  1. Monica T.January 23, 2022 at 7:39 AM

    That sleigh race in the "American winter scene" looks very dramatic, really giving the feeling of great speed.

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  2. La NightingailJanuary 23, 2022 at 10:03 AM

    Perfect selection of photographs to match the prompt! All great, but my fav' is the first one with that totally bundled up toddler on the sled. So cute. :)

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  3. Mike BrubakerJanuary 23, 2022 at 5:57 PM

    A winter wonderland selection! Having played Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride" almost every Christmas season since my high school years, I've always been attracted to the idea of riding through a snowwhite winter landscape in a horse-drawn sleigh. In the age before the automobile it must have been a real thrill to fly over snow covered roads as fast as a horse could trot. Maybe some day I'll get a chance.

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  4. ScotSueJanuary 25, 2022 at 1:16 PM

    Great matches to the prompt photograph. My favourite that very energetic sleigh race - and I love the house.

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  5. SharonJanuary 26, 2022 at 1:42 AM

    Wonderful pictures.

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