SNOWFLAKE and CLOUD CRYSTALS.

Published:  D. Appleton, N.Y. 1864.

Snowflake Fun Facts – Early Paper Snowflakes by Frances Chickering, a minister’s wife from Maine, published these snow-crystal images along with many others in her 1864 book Cloud Crystals: A Snow-Flake Album. She examined snow crystals as they fell on her windowsill and quickly cut paper replicas of their forms, which were later transferred to the pages of her album.

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