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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Lady holding her hat in place
Bridges, Rivers, Railroad bridges, Women, Men
It must have been a windy day; the lady sitting on the log is seen with her arm on her lap, and in a rare exposure, her arm is seen reaching to hold her hat. Her dress has a long dark colored skirt, long sleeves with large puffs at the shoulders, and a white gathered front. She saved her dark hat, with a flower on the brim, and feathers on top, from being blown off by the wind. Beside her, a man in a dark suit and bowler hat holds a package in his hand. A bridge can be seen over a river in the background. 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. glass negative.
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