Main Street in Snow

A 1950s black and white photograph taken from a second-floor window looking down a small-town main street in heavy snow, two figures crossing the street, old cars covered in snow, storefronts with awnings, film grain. — Main Street in Snow

Ruth Calder 1925–2011

Main Street in Snow, 1956

Medium: Gelatin silver print

Extent: 27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Provenance: Gift of the Calder estate, 2015

Identifier: 2015.4.5

Harlow's Main Street during the 1956 storm, from the second floor of the bank. The two figures crossing are the Paulsen sisters, on their way to open the bakery.

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Fictional demonstration content created for the Omeka S demo. The artists and works are invented and the images were generated with AI (FLUX.2). Free to reuse (CC0 1.0).

Details

Title: Main Street in Snow
Description: Harlow's Main Street during the 1956 storm, from the second floor of the bank. The two figures crossing are the Paulsen sisters, on their way to open the bakery.
Creator: Ruth Calder
Date: 1956
Type: Photograph
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Extent: 27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)
Provenance: Gift of the Calder estate, 2015
Identifier: 2015.4.5
Subject: Streets; Winter; Harlow
Rights: Fictional demonstration content created for the Omeka S demo. The artists and works are invented and the images were generated with AI (FLUX.2). Free to reuse (CC0 1.0).

Cite this

Ruth Calder. “Main Street in Snow.” 1956. Wrenfield Museum of Art. https://demo.refbytes.com/s/wrenfield/item/961 (accessed October 16, 2026).

Item sets: Photographs