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“Puddle jumper,” Boston, 1953
Verner Reed
A man in a coat and hat stretches his legs wide to navigate over a puddle. The winter streets of Boston are covered in snow, ice, and water.
“Two girls on sled”
Harriot Appleton Curtis
Photograph of three young girls dressed for winter play. The girls in the sled are daughters of the photographer, Harriot Appleton Curtis, and the third girl holding the reins may also be her daughter.
“Frozen Fountain,” Chicopee Falls, Mass.
Knowlton Bros.
A young boy stands under a frozen fountain in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts.
“Thaw in Warwick, Rhode Island,” c. 1914
Wallace Nutting
This winter scene shows snow melting off a picket fence in Warwick, Rhode Island.
“Children tobogganing”
Mary H. Northend
A group of ten children run toward an unoccupied toboggan. A large home can be partially seen in the background.
“Children tobogganing”
Three children are seated on a toboggan preparing to descend a slope in a wooded area.
“Children tobogganing”
Mary H. Northend
Three groups of children arrange themselves on toboggans in preparation for descending a hill. A man in a derby appears to be assisting them. There is a large house in the background.
“Boston Common during a snow storm,” Boston, 1900-1920
Halliday Historic Photograph Co.
A blanket of snow covers Boston Common and weighs down the branches of the trees. A crew of workers shovel out the pathways. In the middle distance is the Brewer Fountain, which was donated by merchant Gardner Brewer to the city in 1868 and is a copy of a fountain which he saw at the 1855 Paris World’s Fair, designed by Paul Lienard and sculpted by Mathurin Moreau. The dome of the State House towers over the wintry landscape.
“Twenty below zero,” Waterbury, Vermont, 1951
Verner Reed
A car, house, and buggy sit in the icy snow in Waterbury, Vermont.
“Ice cutting,” Essex County, Mass., undated
Three men cut ice using a device harnessed to two horses.
“Schooner Augustus Hunt covered in ice,” unloading at the Boston Gas Company’s North End Works, 1880s
Baldwin Coolidge
The docked schooner Augustus Hunt is covered in thick ice and hoarfrost.
“Exterior view of the Lyman Estate, winter”
An exterior view of the Lyman Estate mansion in winter, with snow covering the ground.
“A ship traverses an icy Cape Cod Canal,” 1986
A black and white view of a ship as it travels down the Cape Cod Canal, which has undergone extensive freezing. The image shows the surrounding landscape covered with snow. From Images of America: Cape Cod Canal, pg. 125: “Winter conditions complicate travel through the Cape Cod Canal in this 1986 photograph.”
“Christmas wreaths,” Faneuil Hall Market, 1922
Two boys hold wreaths at a stand.
“Boston Public Library,” Copley Square, Boston, Mass., 1898
A horse-drawn cart stands in front of the library in snow covered Copley Square. A few commercial buildings can be seen on Boylston Street.
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