Meyersdale Public Library - Photographs

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  • Subject = Women
  • Date = 1916-04

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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Estelle and Frances at Sand Spring
Women, Sand Spring
Estelle and Frances walk side by side down the path at Sand Spring. One is in a long dark jacket, white blouse, and wide brimmed hat, and the other is in a light colored long coat with buttons, and a small hat. Transcribed from the album page ‘A walk to Sand Spring. April 1916.’ 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. black and white photograph.
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Four boys in knickerbockers
Women, Children, Sand Spring
A lady in a dark dress stands behind four young boys at Sand Spring. The boys are in newsboy hats, and all are wearing long dark jackets, white shirts, and ties. Knickerbockers with knee high dark stockings and high top shoes complete their outfits. One young boy checks the top of his head with his hand, as if checking for a lost hat. Transcribed from the album page ‘A walk to Sand Spring. April 1916.’ 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. black and white photograph.
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Ladies by the water
Women, Sand Spring
Two ladies smile as they hold onto tree branches. Water can be seen directly behind them. The woman on the viewer’s left wears a long dark jacket and wide brimmed hat, and the other wears a light colored long coat with buttons, and a hat. Transcribed from the album page ‘A walk to Sand Spring. April 1916.’ 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. black and white photograph.
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Mr. Arnold and woman at Sand Spring
Sand Spring, Men, Women
A smiling Mr. Arnold in his dark suit, shirt, tie, and hat, is walking down a tree lined trail at Sand Spring. A woman walks with him in her long dark coat and white blouse. Her hat has a wide flat brim and is round on top. Transcribed from the album page ‘A walk to Sand Spring. April 1916.’ 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. black and white photograph.
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