As the temperature and heat index are reaching the 100+ degree mark for many of us this week I thought it would be the perfect time to think about snow, lots of cold snow. Depending on your viewpoint the thought of snow may make you appreciate the recent hot temperatures or it could give you something cold to dream about.
If you are a snow lover like myself let’s think about how cool life will be in four or five months and the snow is flying. Hopefully the weather will be perfect like it was in the early 1900’s for a little girl and her dog to go
skiing and for the Boston sisters to enjoy a
sled ride. If you’re a bit adventures you may even enjoy some football like the 1909 Nebraska State Normal School at Kearney
football team. Anyone interested in a
snowball fight?
For those of you who do not share my love for snow take a look at these photos of the
1927 and
1949 blizzards that hit Crawford or the large snow fall at
Fort Niobrara in the late 1880’s. Think about how cold it must have been when these photos were taken. Does looking at these photos and thinking about past snow falls make the hot temperatures of this week a bit more bearable? Enjoy the heat while you can because before you know it you too may be
shoveling snow.
Visit
Nebraska Memories to search for or browse through many more historical images digitized from photographs, negatives, postcards, maps, lantern slides, books and other materials.
Nebraska Memories is a cooperative project to digitize Nebraska-related historical and cultural heritage materials and make them available to researchers of all ages via the Internet. Nebraska Memories is brought to you by the Nebraska Library Commission. If your institution is interested in participating in Nebraska Memories, see
http://nlc.nebraska.gov/nebraskamemories/participation.aspx for more information, or contact
Beth Goble, Government Information Services Director, or
Devra Dragos, Technology & Access Services Director.
