Meyersdale Public Library - Photographs

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  • Subject = Musical instruments
  • Subject = Banjos

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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Gathering around a banjo player at J.M. Olinger's residence
Men, Women, Banjos, Pianos, Musical instruments
In the parlor at J.M. Olinger's home the ladies are listening to a young woman in a dark dress playing the banjo. The gentleman in the middle is either listening intently or dozing off. Transcribed from the album page ‘Interior-JM Olinger Residence. Same.’ 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. black and white photograph.
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Men in H.M. Cook's Optical Parlor
Banjos, Musical instruments, Men, Opticians' shops
A man sitting with his chair tilted back and playing the banjo is joined by two other men at H.M. Cook's Optical Parlor. With the curtain pulled aside, the eye charts are seen displayed on the wall. Transcribed from the album page ‘Cooks Optical Parlor.’ 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. black and white photograph.
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