This week's theme is stormy weather....I have always been struck by how many pictures I have of family members posing in the snow. Living in Northern California and Northern Nevada always meant winter and spring snow storms. What better way to remember the fun after the storm than by having your picture taken?
These are a few pictures taken from various family albums on both my mother's and father's side of the family. They document how we all "weathered" the storms in our own neck of the woods. Enjoy!
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Written on back...."Gertrude Elizabeth, her two sleds and her two playmates and all the snow we've had this winter" (no date).....probably taken around the early 20's. Reno, Nevada. Gertrude Burrows (middle) lived on Thoma Street in Reno with her parents Roy and Lucie Burrows.
Dorothy Ross Hayes in the snow with her dog. Auntie Dot was born May 17, 1910, and this picture looks like it may have been taken around 1915/16-ish. Grass Valley, California.
Dorothy Hayes (Arthur) fourth in from the left and Betty Hayes (Hansen) on far right, bending over. Auntie Dot was born in 1910, and Grandma (Betty) was born in 1917, so this was probably taken around the early 30's. It looks like a girls' day out in the snow, somewhere in northern California, complete with skis and a sled.
Robley Hansen (Bob) with giant fur mittens. Taken around the late 20's, early 30's. Uncle Bob was living in Reno at this time. From the Bob Hansen Family Album.
Claire and Margaret Hansen (Mom) wearing their wool snowsuits after a Grass Valley snowstorm around 1946-47? This is one of the pictures that survived the 1950 house fire. This is one of my favorite pictures!
Lavinia Claire Hansen in her wool snowsuit. Taken the same date as the above picture.
Millicent Gay Hansen on a toboggan on her way down a street in Reno, Nevada. Gay was born March 9, 1934 so this picture may have been taken around 1936. Her parents were Robley (Bob) and Alma Hansen. From the Bob Hansen Family Album.
Skip Hansen and Greta in front of the new house on Arlington in Reno Nevada, 1948. Skip's parents were Robley (Bob) and Alma Hansen. From the Bob Hansen Family Album.
Alma and Bob Hansen after the snowstorm in 1948. I love the perspective in this picture! From the Bob Hansen Family Album.
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And, yes, I have pictures of houses and neighborhoods to go with pictures of people in the snow!
Francis (Hayes) and Joe Holman's house in Grass Valley after a 1946 snowstorm. Auntie Fran and Uncle Joe lived across the street from Nana (Emma King Hayes Van Duzer) and the Harold Hansen family on South Auburn street for awhile. This is another picture that survived the fire at the Hansen house in 1950. I believe this is the same storm that my Mom and Auntie Claire are pictured in above.
1012 S. Arlington, Reno, Nevada. "First Winter in Home That Bob Built 1948". Taken from the Bob Hansen Family Album.
Unknown young man shoveling snow in front of Grass Valley Drug mid to late 40's. Sterl Boothby was owner and head pharmacist in the late 40's and then the 50's.
Frank and Dena Brondolo. Picture taken in 1952, on Mainhart Drive, Grass Valley, California. They lived in San Francisco, but loved coming to Grass Valley and then up to Reno for some casino fun. Frank was Terry Brondolo Boothby's (Nino's) older brother. From the Brondolo Album.
Mainhart Drive in a snowstorm, sometime in the 50's. Grass Valley, California. This is the house that my Dad, Dale Boothby, grew up in!
The Alden home after a January 2021 snowstorm, Reno, Nevada.
Still documenting! (My Grandson ).....Reno, Nevada.
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