Snow Scenes

SNOW SCENES

   De Leonians playing in the snow. The photographer is standing in front of the Travelers Hotel location.  The old city hall is on the left and the steeple of the old First Baptist Church is immediately above the Calumet Baking Powder sign.  The photo was taken February 6, 1923.

More De Leonians standing on a road after a snow.

  Dollie Paine standing in front of the Frank Carter home around 1935.

Archie Town after a snow storm.

    The Harmon home around 1930.

Three De Leonians playing in mighty deep snow on the north end of Bell Street.

Phynis Pittman Evans

The Frank and Lena Carter home around 1950.  It is the same house as shown with Dollie Paine above.

The old City Hall in the snow.

Nurene Donahue Neel standing at the intersection of Texas and Gonzales following a 1925 snow storm.  The building behind her which housed D.P. Lloyd Grocery at the time was built about 1890 by C.R. Redden Sr. and John Carter for Dr. Redden’s Drug store.  It was built of De Leon brick and burned in 1928.  Photo provided by John Neel.