Two people ski down a Denver, Colorado street in the snowstorm of 1982. Shows cross country skis and poles. (Denver Public Library/Western History Collection/X-29021)
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Two people ski down a Denver, Colorado street in the snowstorm of 1982. Shows cross country skis and poles. (Denver Public Library/Western History Collection/X-29021)
Yeah, yeah, you had an unseasonably long summer and now the cold weather is making you whine a little bit. Just be grateful you're not facing the 25-inch snowfall of Denver's Christmas Eve blizzard in 1982, which still holds the record for maximum 24-hour snowfall. Here's some visual nostalgia to give you some perspective while you're inside warming up:
View of automobiles, houses and yards, buried in snow drifts, after the 1982 snowstorm, 2377 Elm Street in the South Park Hill neighborhood of Denver Colorado. (Allison St. Claire/Denver Public Library/Western History Collection/X-29025)
One man carries a shovel while two others shovel snow on a residential street after the snowstorm of 1982 in Denver, Colorado. (Denver Public Library/Western History Collection/X-29020)
A man carries logs, others shovel snow near 2377 Elm Street in the South Park Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado after the 1982 snowstorm. (Allison St. Claire/Denver Public Library/Western History Collection/X-29024)
And then of course there's Donna Wyatt's video documentation of the event, which includes some lovely imagery of life in the early '80s, as well as a news report and some odd video art:
Stay warm out there Denver -- we've merely just begun.
Kevin is a multimedia artist who flung himself into the world of journalism. He likes using a camera and microphone to tell stories about workers, the environment, social justice and fascinating humans.
