Photo courtesy of Washington State Archives

Believe it or not, this photo is not of last week’s monumental snow and ice storm. While the last thing anyone might want to see right now is snow and ice on roads, it’s interesting to ponder how a winter storm of this magnitude would have been handled in the 1920s. Without the help of AAA, frequent weather and traffic updates, or even freeways, Washingtonians had to dig deep to survive these storms!

This photo from our State Archives’ Department of Transportation Photograph Collection shows a group of travelers pausing to take a break in the snow at Snoqualmie Pass in 1927.