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Group Show 70: Under the Sun and the Moon Group Show 69: Photo for Non-Majors (part 2) Group Show 69: Photo for Non-Majors (part 1) Group Show 68: Four Degrees Group Show 67: Embracing Stillness Group Show 66: La Frontera Group Show 65: Two Way Lens Group Show 64: Tropes Gone Wild Group Show 63: Love, Actually Group Show 62: 100% Fun Group Show 61: Loss Group Show 60: Winter Pictures Group Show 59: Numerology Group Show 58: On Death Group Show 57: New Psychedelics Group Show 56: Source Material Group Show 55: Year in Reverse Group show 54: Seeing Sound Group Show 53: On Beauty Group Show 52: Alternative Facts Group Show 51: Future Isms Group Show 50: 'Roid Rage Group Show 48: Winter Pictures Group Show 47: Space Jamz group show 46: F*cked Up group show 45: New Jack City group show 44: Radical Color group show 43: TMWT group show 42: Occultisms group show 41: New Cats in Art Photography group show 40: #Latergram group show 39: Tough Turf P. 2/2 group show 39: Tough Turf P. 1/2
Curling - Delivering. Photographer: Paul Thompson

Curling - Delivering. Photographer: Paul Thompson

Down The Rabbit Hole: Old Winter Photographs from the NYPL Digital Archive

What do a cat shopping for Christmas presents, a snow buried car and some shivering NYC pigeons have in common? Not much aside from their obvious "winter" theme, but they are all part of the fascinating digital archive put online earlier this year by the New York Public Library. While curating our latest group show, Winter Pictures over the past few weeks, one favorite distraction was rabbit-holing it down this maze of historical photographic tangents, so we thought it would be fitting to cull a collection of our favorite cold, discordant gems - a series "b-sides" to the exhibition. Enjoy. 

Pigeons in snow in Bryant Park 

Pigeons in snow in Bryant Park

 

XMAS Shopper, 1914

XMAS Shopper, 1914

Car Buried in Snow. Photographer: Walter Silver

Car Buried in Snow. Photographer: Walter Silver

Olympian ski jumpers perform on famous $6,000 imported snow. Photographers: Underhood and Underhood

Olympian ski jumpers perform on famous $6,000 imported snow. Photographers: Underhood and Underhood

Chorus Girls Dancing on Ice Skates - Worlds Fair Collection

Chorus Girls Dancing on Ice Skates - Worlds Fair Collection

Bojun Glacier / Arents Stereoscopic Cigarette Cards

Bojun Glacier / Arents Stereoscopic Cigarette Cards

Child In Snow. Photographer: Walter Silver

Child In Snow. Photographer: Walter Silver

Fairgrounds, Snow, Perisphere. NY World's Fair Collection

Fairgrounds, Snow, Perisphere. NY World's Fair Collection

John Curry in Ice Dancing. Photographer: Kenn Duncan

John Curry in Ice Dancing. Photographer: Kenn Duncan

A frozen fountain in the square. Photographer: William Eldrige

A frozen fountain in the square. Photographer: William Eldrige

Salmon Glacier. Mt Hood, Oregon

Salmon Glacier. Mt Hood, Oregon

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PostedFebruary 25, 2016
AuthorJon Feinstein
CategoriesGalleries
TagsArchival photography, winter pictures, winter photography, vernacular photography, new york public library digital collection, NYPL Digital Archive

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