Meyersdale Public Library - Photographs

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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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C.W. Truxal residence
Houses, Truxal House, Rowe House, American Legion, United States-Pennsylvania-Meyersdale
The Truxal house has three stories. The second floor has a rounded center with three windows. On the third floor, there is a rounded section with three windows and a turret. Along the side of the house, a chimney with a sectioned top rises high above the house. Transcribed from the album page ‘CW Truxal Residence.’ The Truxal/Rowe house still stands and is currently the American Legion building located at 413 Grant Street in Meyersdale. Related images: 97.43.1d, 97.43.1ev, 97.43.1de. 4 3/8 x 3 3/4 in. black and white photograph.
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Horse and rider in front of Rowe House
Houses, Truxal House, Rowe House, American Legion, United States-Pennsylvania-Meyersdale, Horses
This building has a turret on the viewer’s left side, is three stories high, and has three dormers on the roof of the third floor. The second floor shows a rounded room with windows. The first floor porch is the width of the house, with a wide set of stairs extending from the porch. A horse and rider trot down the dirt road. Rowe House (previously Truxal House). Transcribed from the album page'Now American Legion.' The Truxal/Rowe house still stands and is currently the American Legion building located at 413 Grant Street in Meyersdale. Related images: 97.43.1d, 97.43.1aw, 97.43.1ev. 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. black and white photograph.
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House with surrounding porch
Houses, Truxal House, Rowe House, American Legion, United States-Pennsylvania-Meyersdale, Horses
The porch surrounds the house from one side to the other. The house has a turret room on the third floor. Many windows are seen on the second floor, and two chimneys extend from the roof. The Truxal/Rowe house still stands and is currently the American Legion building located at 413 Grant Street in Meyersdale. Related images: 97.43.1d, 97.43.1de, 97.43.1aw. 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. black and white photograph.
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Truxal House
Houses, Truxal House, Rowe House, American Legion, United States-Pennsylvania-Meyersdale
The Truxal house has three stories. The first floor shows two entrance doors and four windows. It is surrounded by a porch extending from the first entrance door to the other end of the house. The second floor shows a turret with a rounded center with three windows. Off to the right, a section with a pointed roof has a window with a rounded top. On the third floor, there is a rounded section with three windows and a funnel shaped roof. Along the side of the house, a chimney with a sectioned top rises high above the house. Transcribed from the album page ‘Truxell [sic] House.’ The Truxal/Rowe house still stands and is currently the American Legion building located at 413 Grant Street in Meyersdale. Related images: 97.43.1aw, 97.43.1ev, 97.43.1de. 4 3/8 x 3 3/4 in. black and white photograph.
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