Helsinki

helsinki-old-church-park-ca-1890-swedish-literature-in-finland-on-flickrChildren and nurses in the Old Church Park, Helsinki, Finland, ca. 1890, photographer unknown, via Society of Swedish Literature in Finland Commons on flickr.

Life in gardens: Murray and Emeline

How to take the snow 2How to take the snow? Well dressed.

Murray and Emeline in 1909, by James Fraser Paige, via Nova Scotia Archives Commons on flickr.

Click on the image to enlarge it. Her fur muff and his hat are great.

A previous “How to take the snow” is here.

Vintage landscape: snow day II

Vintage landscape/enclos*ure: snow in Central Park, c. 1900, via Library of Congress“In Central Park, New York,” ca. 1900, by Byron, Detroit Publishing Co., via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Eight to fourteen inches of snow is also predicted for New York City today.