Snow on the ground — even if it’s not as much as predicted — means it’s prime time for building a snowman. Let these vintage snowmen provide you with some inspiration.
Children making snowmen, late 1920s or early 1930s. Mark Goebel Photo Gallery—Getty ImagesA giant, snowman measuring 17 ft., made by two girls in Aberdeen, Scotland, Jan. 3, 1963.Popperfoto—Popperfoto/Getty ImagesA snowman in New York City's Central Park, as John Kennedy Jr. & Caroline Kennedy go sleddingRon Galella—WireImageA group of young children wrapped up warmly, holding shovels and a broom building snowmen in a snow covered field; Europe circa 1900.The Montifraulo Collection—MONTIFRAULO COLLECTIONTwo women help a little girl complete her snowman, circa 1955. Archive Photos—Getty ImagesHarold E. Stassen (R) building a snowman with his daughter in 1945 Myron Davis—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesMary Andrea Arnold in a snowsuit next to a snowman in Chicago on Jan. 17, 1943. Chicago History Museum—Getty ImagesA snowman sitting on a park bench in London, circa 1960 John Gay/English Heritage/Arcaid—CorbisAn unusually large snowman on Box Hill in Surrey, England, on Mar. 7, 1937Fred Morley—Getty ImagesA little boy crouching and making a snowman in a park after a snowfall in Milan in the 1950s.Mondadori—Mondadori via Getty ImagesA boy sitting between a giant snowman and snowwoman in a street in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, on Jan. 24, 1966 Keystone—Getty ImagesTwo children making a snowman complete with 'hair' in Finsbury Park, London, circa 1935Hulton Archive—Getty ImagesChildren dance around a snowman on Dec. 10, 1937, in AustriaAnonym—IMAGNO/Austrian Archives (S)Two boys making a snowman, circa 1924Hulton Archive—Getty ImagesChildren take a photo with their snowman, circa 1930sKeystone-France—Gamma-Keystone via Getty ImagesUndated photo of a snowmanMarc PAYGNARD—Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
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