Meyersdale Public Library - Photographs

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  • Subject = Women
  • Date = 1918-06

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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Frances and friends
Women
With a nice scene of trees and bushes behind, Frances and three friends pose on the sidewalk. Two ladies, one in a black dress with a white tie, and the other in a dark skirt and white top, stoop in front. The two women in back rest their hands on the girls' shoulders. One wears a white dress with a wide ruffled collar, and the other wears a white skirt and dark top with a wide collar. The identifying names were not in the album, but were transcribed from the album’s accession sheet. Transcribed from the album page ‘At Estelle’s – the day of Nelle’s engagement luncheon. June 1918.’ 1 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. black and white photograph.
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Frances with three friends
Women
Four friends loop arms as they pose for a photograph. The woman on the viewer’s left wears a white dress with large dark buttons. A friend in a black dress with a white tie stands beside her. The third friend wears a dark skirt with a white top, and the friend on the viewer’s right is in a long dress with a dark top and a tie belt. The identifying names were not in the album, but were transcribed from the album’s accession sheet. Transcribed from the album page ‘At Estelle’s – the day of Nelle’s engagement luncheon. June 1918.’ 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 in. black and white photograph.
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