Meyersdale Public Library - Photographs

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  • Subject = Houses
  • Date = 1923-5-13

About This Collection

The Meyersdale Public Library photograph collections contain approximately 2,000 photographs. From the total collection, about 320 will be selected for digitization based on the selection criteria. The photographs that will be selected for online display are significant because they provide a broad overview of life immediately before, during, and after the Progressive Era in the Allegheny Mountains region (mostly Somerset Co., PA & northern Maryland). The photographs capture families & individuals both in portraits and in natural settings, military men, coal mines, mills, railroads, transportation, education, and African American families. Our photographs have been used in Somerset Magazine and in the book "Allegheny Passage Companion, Guide to History & Heritage Along the Trail" by Bill Metzger. Accessibility to the collection will be enhanced because the images will be searchable online. Currently the photographs are accessioned on paper but are not included in our library catalog. Digitization would allow users easy & free access to historical photographs that would otherwise essentially be hidden in a closet.
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Billy Thomas Bungard and Jimmie Bungard standing barefoot in the grass
Bungard, Billy Thomas, Bungard, Jimmie, Houses
Billy Thomas is just two years old as he stands under a six paned window of a wooden house. He has a full head of curly hair, and wears a light colored, long sleeved dress. Both boys are barefoot standing in the grass. Jimmie Bungard is four years old and is dressed in short pants and a top. Transcribed from the back 'Billy Thomas age 2 yrs. Jimmie Bungard age 4 yrs. May 13, 1923.' 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. black and white photograph.
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Billy Thomas Bungard standing in the grass
Bungard, Billy Thomas, Houses
Neatly dressed in a light colored, long sleeved belted outfit, Billy has on shoes and socks. He has curly hair to his shoulders. He stands in the grass beside a wooden building. Transcribed from the back 'Billy Thomas Bungard age 2 yrs. May 13, 1923.' 3 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. black and white photograph.
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