This winter I want to share my favorite snowmen from my personal stash of over 1,000 antique collectibles, photographs and artwork. The collection was on display at the Albright Memorial Library in Scranton, PA (and on TV a couple of times). Each day I will post a countdown of the top 100 snowmen, along with a backstory or two.
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Picturetown Collection © 2009
New York City, 1913.
I welcome any information on the remote chance someone here can decipher the exact location. This photo didn't make the cut for my snowman book–my editor and I had to choose which photos to use and had room for only half (and the book was also cut by 10,000 words as the publisher was afraid book buyers would be intimidated by such a large book on a subject previously percieved as a fluff. I agreed with their assessment and complied–less is more.). I can't remember how this picture found it's way into my collection. Not knowing more about this wonderful photo meant it wound up on the cutting room floor. #97.
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The kid, I believe, looks like a young Buddy Hackett.
He could have made a whole army of snowmen!
Wish I could help on the ID, but I gathered right away it was NYC and that was as far as my gathering took me. :-D