Umbrellas In the Snow

A Wintry Day (1900) (Courtesy of Library of Congress)

Sharing an umbrella is symbolic of weathering the storms of life together, and is a popular theme of  paintings and postcards to illustrate love and friendship. Here are some beautiful examples:

Couple Under Umbrella In the Snow by Suzuki Haronobu (1725-1770) (Japanese Ukiyo-e Print, Courtesy of Library of Congress)

Postcard (1913) Courtesy of tuckdb.org

Postcard (1904) Courtesy of tuckdb.org

Postcard (1912) Courtesy of tuckdb.org

Postcard (Circa 1910s) Courtesy of tuckdb.org

Postcard (1901) Courtesy of tuckdb.org

Postcard (1908) Courtesy of tuckdb.org

Christmas Postcard (1911) Courtesy of tuckdb.org

Christmas Postcard 1904 Courtesy of tuckdb.org

New Year's Postcard (1912) Courtesy of tuckdb.org

Valentine's Day Postcard (1906) Courtesy of tuckdb.org

Vintage Snow Postcard Images

Hoe's Sauce (1903)

In honor of the Blizzard of 2016, I am featuring snow images from vintage postcards by Raphael Tuck & Sons, the world's largest postcard publisher in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Images courtesy of tuckdb.org.

Boy In Snow With Two Dogs (1905)

Children Playing In the Snow (1921)

Dachshund Follows Child On Toboggan (1912)

My Heart's Delight (1908)

Her First Snow (1907)

In Deep Snow (1912)

 

Two's Company by Agnes Richardson (1913)

Snowmen Wave to A Zeppelin

Greenport, Long Island, New York (1904)

Two Roped Mountain Climbers (1919)

Horses In the Snow (1911)

Simla Bazaar (India) Under Snow (1918)

Couple Kissing In the Snow (1904)

Winter In the Mountains (1908)

Girl Flies Through the Air On Skis (1913)