Meyersdale Public Library - Photographs

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  • Subject = Women
  • Date = 1919

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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At Edith's
Women, United States-Pennsylvania-Chambersburg
Visiting Edith at Chambersburg, Pa. everyone gathered under the canopy for a fun photograph. Transcribed from the album page ‘At Edith’s. Chambersburg, Pa. 1919.’ 3 1/8 x 2 1/8 in. black and white photograph.
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Edith in large hat
Women, United States-Pennsylvania-Chambersburg
Edith has large rimmed glasses, and she wears a wide brimmed hat. She stands under a canopy of branches in a long sleeved white dress with a bow tied at the collar. A man, a basket, and boxes can be seen inside the canopy. The identifying names were not in the album, but were transcribed from the album’s accession sheet. Transcribed from the album page ‘At Edith’s. Chambersburg, Pa. 1919.’ 2 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. black and white photograph.
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Frances and Edith beside a house
Women, United States-Pennsylvania-Chambersburg
Edith and Frances, in a playful mood, stoop by the side of a house in their white dresses. The identifying names were not in the album, but were transcribed from the album’s accession sheet. Transcribed from the album page ‘At Edith’s. Chambersburg, Pa. 1919.’ 3 1/8 x 2 1/8 in. black and white photograph.
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Frances and lone plant
Women, United States-Pennsylvania-Chambersburg
Beside the lone plant at the side of the house, Frances chose this place for a photograph. She wore a white dress with a dark belt and trim. She smiled as she squinted against the sun. The identifying names were not in the album, but were transcribed from the album’s accession sheet. Transcribed from the album page ‘At Edith’s. Chambersburg, Pa. 1919.’ 2 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. black and white photograph.
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Frances in Chambersburg
United States-Pennsylvania-Chambersburg, Women
While in Chambersburg, Frances stopped in front of a house to pose with a gentleman in a dark suit. She is wore a white full skirted dress with a black belt. The identifying names were not in the album, but were transcribed from the album’s accession sheet. Transcribed from the album page ‘At Edith’s. Chambersburg, Pa. 1919.’ 2 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. black and white photograph.
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