Vintage landscape: snow day

Vintage landscape/enclos*ure: skaters on Rock Creek, 1905, via Smithsonian Institution Commons, flickr

“Ice skaters on Rock Creek on the grounds of the National Zoological Park,” Washington, D.C., 1905, photographer unknown, via Smithsonian Institution Commons on flickr.

Schools are closed in Washington today, with 4″ to 8″ of snow predicted.

8 thoughts on “Vintage landscape: snow day

    1. It’s such a nice photo. I didn’t know that there was any spot where Rock Creek was that wide.

      I am very warm — here in Rwanda. I just like to post these old pictures when there’s snow back home.

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