'The Palace Bears' by Jennie Walsh (1916). Held at Shelfmark: HS 85/10, copyright deposit number 32282.

This work, identified by British Library, is free of known copyright restrictions.

The weather's not be very festive in the UK so here are some wintry highlights from the Colonial Copyright Collection to interest and amuse you. While there is no real reason for selecting these photos I've always had a soft spot for some of them, including the rather natty 'sleigh motorcycle'.

'Ice Cave, Illecillewaet Glacier' by Bryon Harmon (1908). Held at Shelfmark: HS 85/10, copyright deposit number 19328.

'Rotary Snow Plow' by Byron Harmon (1910). Held at Shelfmark: HS 85/10, copyright deposit number 22138. 

'A Sleigh Motorcycle' by John G. Dickson (1914). Held at Shelfmark: HS 85/10, copyright deposit number 28387.

These works, identified by British Library, are free of known copyright restrictions.

This might be the last Team Americas post of 2012, so have a very merry Christmas and a great start to 2013.

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