Snow Scenes

malady 7, treatment and brother David, 10, make snowballs in the backyard of their modern California ranch-style home planted with tropical shrubs in the West Valley, January 30, 1957. Order #00116874″ width=”800″ height=”638″ /> Marilyn Cohen, 7, and brother David, 10, make snowballs in the backyard of their modern California ranch-style home in the West Valley, January 30, 1957. Order #00116874

Snow in Los Angeles is a newsworthy event. In these recently digitized photos, the Valley Times documented the occasional storms that turned areas of the Valley into a winter wonderland.

: Kathy Aguinaga, 7, of Pacoima, and her sisters play in the unseasonal snow on Mt. Gleason near the Santa Clara Divide above Sunland-Tujunga. Photo by Bud Maurer, November 18, 1964. Order #00116883

: L.A. County Fire Capt. David Naranjo and son, Bob, trudge through snow in Tujunga. Photo by Alan Hyde, January 22, 1962. Order #00112343

: Snow – covered house in Sunland -Tujunga. Photo by Alan Hyde, January 22, 1962. Order #00112342

: Traffic near intersection of highways 99 and 6 in Sylmar. Photo by Alan Hyde, January 23, 1962. Order #00112344

: First snow to hit Valley in eight years at intersection of Foothill Boulevard and Cavanas Avenue in Tujunga, January 28, 1957

: Boys on icy Blanchard Canyon Road in Tujunga, January 28, 1957. Order #00116858

: Carolyn Gibbs, 2 1/2, of Van Nuys, with her father, Earl, at top of Sepulveda boulevard near tunnel which leads into West Los Angeles. January 28, 1957. Order #00116863

: David Siddon, 2, sees snow for the first time in front of his home in Canoga Park, January 29, 1957. Order #00116866

: Snow covers site of Ventura Freeway construction at Ventura and Topanga Canyon boulevards in Woodland Hills, January 29, 1957. Order #00116865

: From left, Steven and Roy Soderlund, Arnie Austen and Richard, John and Bobby Mattern hurl snowballs in front of 10528 Helendale Ave., Tujunga, January 30, 1957. Order #00116860