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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M.H.S. faculty
Men, Women, Teachers, Schools
The M.H.S. faculty includes a very happy young lady in a white dress, who bends her knees and clasps her hands in laughter. There is a row of five people behind her. The gentleman on the viewer’s left has a light colored suit and white shirt, and is holding books. Next to him is a woman with a light colored skirt and white blouse, followed by a lady in a dark skirt and white blouse. The two men on the viewer’s right are in dark suits, with one holding his hat, and the other wearing his hat. Transcribed from the album page ‘M.H.S. Faculty. June, 1916.’ 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. black and white photograph.
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Mr. Weaver and Mr. Arnold
Weaver, Mr., Arnold, Mr., Men, Schools
Mr. Weaver and Mr. Arnold take a break on the high school steps. They are in their suits and are wearing hats. Transcribed from the album page ‘Weaver and Arnold. High School steps. June 1916.’ 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. black and white photograph.
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