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Prisoners with snow sculpture, Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Mississippi, circa 1930-1938 Car trapped in snow

Today's forecast: Snow and areas of blowing snow. High near 34. Breezy, with a northeast wind between 13 and 22 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 5 to 9 inches possible. The Beinecke is open for business today.

Geo. M. Fairchild, Jr., President of the Oritani Snowshoe Club of New York, in the woods of his seignorial estate, Deschambault, Canada. Walter McClintock, Return to camp on snowshoe trail, evening

Happy Holidays to all the Tramps and Trinkets, here and abroad. (Selected images from a saleman's sample book: Tramp and Trinkets Abroad and Other Stories  by Mary C. Crowley, Frances A. Humphrey and others. Boston: D. Lothrop Company. Copyright 1892)