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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B. & O. Depot Meyersdale, Pa.
United States-Pennsylvania-Meyersdale, Railroad stations
The depot is a wooden building with a large slanted roof, and on the roof is a small room with a weather vane outside the window. A big 'M' is on the side of the room. Waiting on the station platform is a lady in a dark skirt and white top. She is watching a young boy sitting on some bags in the corner. A man in a coat and hat sits on the steps with a young boy next to bags piled on the platform. The train tracks run right in front of the depot. Transcribed from the front 'The B.& O. Depot, Meyersdale, Pa.' Transcribed from the back 'Etta Lepley, Meyersdale, Pa. R.F.D. No. 2.' 5 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. black and white postcard.
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Beginning construction on the Western Maryland Viaduct
United States-Pennsylvania-Meyersdale, Railroad viaducts, Railroad construction workers, Lint, Calvin, Rubright, Frank, Werner, John, Arnold, Joseph
Construction is taking place on the Western Maryland Viaduct near the Casselman River. Three men stand on the structure, and four men stand beside a machine unrolling cable. Transcribed from the back: '1. Calvin Lint, 2. Frank Rubright, 3. ?, 4. ?, 5. John Werner, 6. Joseph Arnold, 7. ?.' 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. black and white photograph.
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Casselman River stretching through the countryside
United States-Pennsylvania-Meyersdale, Casselman River, Rivers
From high on a hill, the Casselman River can be seen stretching through the countryside. The railroad tracks run past fields, houses, and a forest with trees in full bloom. Transcribed from the back 'Arrived here, all ok, some rain. Papa Myrtle Shumaker, Tunnelton, W.Va.' 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. black and white postcard.
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Francis Livengood Imler smiling slightly with head tilted to shoulder
Imler, Francis Livengood
This portrait of Francis Livengood Imler was taken the year she attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Her hair is piled high on her head, and she is wearing a light colored dress with a fancy collar. Transcribed from the front 'Taken in Evanston, Illinois year I attended Northwestern'. Transcribed from the back 'Francis at Northern U. 1911.' 2 1/2 x 7 in. black and white photograph.
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St. John's Reformed Church in Salisbury, Pa.
United States-Pennsylvania-Salisbury, Churches, Reformed Churches
This church with the round stained glass windows and high steeple is St John's Reformed Church in Salisbury, Pa. It has several separate roof angles matching the steeple that houses the bell tower. Transcribed from the front 'Reformed Church, Elk Lick, Pa.' Transcribed from the back 'Mrs. George Levitt, Boswell, Pa.' Local note: Salisbury was once called Elk Lick. 5 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. black and white postcard.
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Steam engine coming in near Meyersdale
Steam engines, Railroad tracks, Railroads
Billowing white smoke is seen as a steam engine chugs through a rocky mountainside toward Meyersdale. The track is cut through a rocky part of the mountain, and on the viewer’s right side, the steep hill has bare rocks with a few small trees. A small shed on the left is sitting on a rocky surface, and a few bushes grow nearby. Transcribed from the front '1911.Coming to Meyersdale, Pa.' 5 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. black and white photograph.
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