Everyone who knows me knows I love snow. If there is even the slightest chance for a snowfall here in the D.C. area, I am always glued to the weather forecast. I study the Doppler radar, scrutinize the predictions, and listen with bated breath to every watch, warning and advisory.
It looks like my ever-dwindling patience with a nearly snow-less winter may be rewarded tomorrow. It’s always a treat to see the city transformed under a blanket of snow. While I wait for my snow of 2013 with fingers crossed, let’s look back at a few photos of Washington, D.C. snowstorms past:
![[White House in snow]. Photo by Harris & Ewing, 1939. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hec.27953](http://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/files/2013/03/27953v.jpg "[White House in snow]. Photo by Harris & Ewing, 1939. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hec.27953")
[White House in snow]. Photo by Harris & Ewing, 1939. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hec.27953
Blizzard, 1/28/22. Photo by National Photo Company, 1922. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/npcc.22635
Snow storm, Washington, D.C. Photo by Russell Lee, 1938. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a22602
![[Market scene, Washington, D.C., snow view]. Photo by Uriah Hunt Painter, 1889. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c01649](http://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/files/2013/03/3c01649v1.jpg "[Market scene, Washington, D.C., snow view]. Photo by Uriah Hunt Painter, 1889. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c01649")
[Market scene, Washington, D.C., snow view]. Photo by Uriah Hunt Painter, 1889. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c01649
Learn More:
- Enjoy many more photographs of snowstorms and blizzards in the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog.
- Beyond the photograph, our collections also hold many prints of snow scenes. For example, our pre-1915 Japanese Fine Prints collection includes dozens of wintry woodcuts.
- Mostly found within our Poster and Popular Graphic Arts collections, you might also enjoy lithographs on a snowy theme.