Winter Festival: A Celebration of Snow As Portrayed by Covers of The New Yorker

 

 

Before it turns to slush, newly-fallen snow in New York brings a blanket of serenity even to the great metropolis.  And wintertime covers of The New Yorker perfectly capture the ineffable beauty of the season.  Here are a few dozen of my favorites (captions are mine) ...

 

Snowstorm Meets Roaring Twenties (Jan. 29, 1927)

 

Snow Beautiful (Jan. 16, 1932)

 

Wintry Tableau (Feb. 27, 1937)

 

Little Siberia (Feb. 2, 1946)

 

The Excitement Builds (Jan. 21, 1950)

 

Eager Anticipation (Jan. 20, 1951)

 

Sisyphus In Winter (Jan. 7, 1956)

 

Hibernation, Manhattan Style (Jan. 21, 1956)

 

Manhattan on Ice (March 2, 1957)

 

Polar Express (Jan. 11, 1958)

 

 

Flight Delay (Jan 8, 1966)

 

Old Man Winter's Calling Card (Jan. 7, 1967)

 

Veil of White (March 2, 1968)

 

Mantle of White (Jan. 4, 1969)

 

A Cold Winter's Night That Was So Deep (Jan. 22, 1979)

 

In Winter's Grip (Jan. 7 1974)

 

Cozy Inside (Jan. 12, 1976)

 

Travel Advisory (Feb. 7, 1977)

 

Snow Day (Jan. 29, 1979)

 

Serenity (Jan. 26, 1981)

 

Rush in Slush (Dec. 13, 1982)

 

Neither Sleet nor Snow ... (Feb. 16, 1987)

 

Winter Gridlock (Jan. 28, 1991)

 

Cold Comfort (March 6, 1995)

 

Fashion Statement (March 1, 2010)

 

Cold Reality (Dec. 20, 2010)

 

50 Shades of Gray (Jan. 23, 2012)

 

Double Duty (March 10, 2014)

 

 

 

 

I've written a similar post about my favorite summertime covers.  Large reproductions of these covers, as well as every New Yorker cover (nearly 5,000), are available for purchase on Conde Nast's website.  (And small versions are sold by street vendors throughout midtown Manhattan.)

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