It’s unpleasantly cold this morning, and I was reminded of this old photo from the early years of the 20th century. That’s my great-grandfather Peter on the far left, with his sisters Karen and Marie, and his brothers Ole and Iver. I’m just impressed with their coats; I’d take any of the men’s coats right now. They knew how to dress for a Minnesota winter!
Colorized for your enjoyment: https://imgur.com/a/n3HfmHn
“Strong,” and, “thoughtful,” were two words that popped into my head.
Furries isn’t a new thing.
Ngl, those look really warm.
I know. My first thought wasn’t, “Cool, that’s my great-grandpa” it was “I want to steal their coats.”
“No such thing as bad weather, only inadequate clothing” someone said.
@ Snarki: That’s an old Norwegian proverb: Det finnes ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlige klær.
German has the same phrase.
Es gibt kein schlechtes Wetter, es gibt nur falsche Kleidung. There is no bad weather, there is only wrong clothing. Also, you aren’t made of sugar. (When raining).
#7: that sounds like something my great-grandparents would say.
I just got back from Kugluktuk in Nunavut where I was working at the airport and it was -49 degrees Celsius with the wind chill. That is definitely the coldest I’ve experienced.
I wonder what kind of fur the coat is made from.
I have some seal skin mitts I bought in Kug and they are fantastic in the cold.
I’ve been to Kugluktuk!
But in summer. I was very warm.
My mother had a coat that looked like that, it was muskrat.
The wool coat of the guy on the right (Iver?) looks impressive. It must be 5mm thick. The collar wouldn’t even sit down. Big chunky thing. (I prefer the coats to not be from dead animals).
I note that they are wearing those coats indoors. Perhaps they would envy you the insulation and central heating in your house.
#13: While they may well have been technically “indoors”, it was likely pretty cold. Getting enough light for those old cameras was no joke, and photography studios needed a lot of windows in order to let in enough sunlight. Here’s a guy who put together a model of an early 19th century photo studio, and you can see how much window space there was.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/05/19th-century-miniature-photo-studio/
Keeping a place like that warm in the winter would be pretty close to impossible.