Meyersdale Public Library - Photographs

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  • Subject = Livengood, William S.

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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Mrs. Eisfeller and nurse
Nurses, Women, Livengood, William S.
Mrs. Eisfeller is in a long white dress with a shawl around her shoulders. She sits outside in a wicker chair. The lady in a uniform with her arm on the chair seems to be her nurse. Holding a hat in his hand, a gentleman in a suit stands behind her. Off to her left, two ladies in white outfits stand with a man in a white uniform. The identifying names were not in the album. ‘Wm. S. L.’ was transcribed from the album’s accession sheet. Mrs. Eisfeller was identified from related photo 93.1.108ep. 3 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. black and white photograph.
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Winter in Meyersdale, Pa. with William and Louise Livengood
United States-Pennsylvania-Meyersdale, Men, Women, Livengood, William S., Livengood, Louise
On the porch with many columns, William and Louise Livengood stand bundled against the cold. Louise wears a long dark coat buttoned to the neck, and she holds an umbrella. Her hat is wide brimmed and has a white top. William is wearing an overcoat with his hands in his pockets. He has a bowler hat, and his head is lowered. 5 3/8 x 3 1/8 in. black and white photograph. Transcribed from the album page ‘Winter in Meyersdale, Pa. Mother and Father (copied from original label).’ 5 3/8 x 3 1/8 in. black and white photograph.
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