We may not see a white Christmas this year, but these historic photos of winter snowfall in the Berkshires should remind us not to complain.
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"Last snowfall"
A rotary hitting a badly drifted road, undated
A walk in the snow
April 29, 1959
Barren tree
Berkshire Village, 1978. Berkshire Village headwaters of Heaven Lake, 1978. Berkshire Village is part of Lanesborough.
Black and white photograph by David Coulter
Bundled up
Calm water, Pontoosuc Lake, November 1955
Carrying skis
Cross country skiing
December 1959
December 1964
Duck tracks in snow, undated
Early snow
Early snow
Early snow
February 1965
"Runners move across a field of snow in South Williamstown on a fine weekend afternoon. The impression is one of uncongested and unspoiled life in the Berkshires, where there is no garbage strike." Feb. 10, 1968
Frost heaves
Mount Greylock from Oblong Road, Williamstown, February 1961
Heavy snow, circa 1967
Hockey
"A nonskier and winter hater plods across a windswept meadow near Cambridge, N.Y., toward the barn over the hill." Ran in the Bennington Banner.
Installing snow fence
Jan. 19, 1961
January 1958
January 1963
January 1964
January 1968
Masked against the bitter cold the Berkshires had been experiencing in January 1968 was a lady attired in a suede face mask.
January 1968
January 1978
Kathleen Brisebois, 2, of Albany, N.Y., receives skiing lessons from her father, Gaston at Bousquet's in March 1960.
Lanesborough Road to Mount Greylock, 1978
Late snow on a rose display, May 1977
Late snow on spring tulips, May 9, 1977
Learning to ski
Lion fountain
"The first weather holiday for Pittsfield schools since 1958. More than 12 inches of snow smothered Berkshire County. Absenteeism was reported high in industrial and retail businesses in the county. Stalled cars caused delay in getting city streets cleared of snow." March 7, 1968
New Ashford, November 1968
New Ashford, November 1968
North Street
November 1965
Outside Arthur Palme's house, March 1947
Pond, New Lebanon, N.Y.
Richard R. Gates (right) and passenger Donald H. Launt Jr., of Pittsfield, take a ride on Pontoosuc Lake, on a sled drawn by Chief, January 1969
Rockwell Road, Lanesborough, December 1968
Roll of snow fence
Route 7, Lanesborough
Shaftsbury, Vt.
Shoveling snow
Shoveling snow
Sledding
Sledding (December 1968?)
Sledding, January 1968
Slippery sidewalks
Snow day
Snow on a small tree
Snowdrift
Snowy commute
Snowy commute
Snowy day
Snowy field, undated
Snowy roads, undated
Snowy roads causes traffic delays
Staying dry
Staying warm
Street lights
Traffic on Williams Street near Dalton Div. Road
Walking through slush, December 1977
Warming up the car
Washington Mountain, January 1963
Snowy woods, undated
Unblemished snow
Churchill Street, Pittsfield, October 1960
Along South Mountain Road, undated
Berkshire woods under a mantel of snow, undated
Barn in Cummington, January 1961
Icicles
Digging out, 1979
Snowy fields
December 1969
Frosted glass
Snow on North Street, Pittsfield, undated
February 1972
Doreen McKeon and son Bradford of North Adams, 1988
"Smoke and steam soared skyward today as dawn broke on a frigid city. This view was photographed from West Street below St. Mark's Church." Feb. 12, 1979
January 1963
One horse open sleigh, undated
January 1968
The Shed, Tanglewood
Woman holds on to her hat