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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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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Close up of directors at Crystal Lake
Hoblitzel, James, Truxal, C.W., Hocking, George, Philson, S.B., Lichty, Dr. Bruce, Weld, Lewis, Kyle, Elbridge, Cook, Squire, Oats, John
The directors are standing in a field. Four are wearing suit jackets, white shirts, and a tie or a bow tie. The other five men are in white shirt with ties; one is wearing a vest, and two are holding hats. Transcribed from the back '1919 Directors at Crystal Lake. James Hoblitzer [sic], C.W. Truxal, George Hocking, S.B. Philson, Dr. Bruce Lichty, Lewis Weld, Elbridge Kyle, Squire Cook, John Oats.’ 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. black and white postcard.
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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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Photo of directors at Crystal Lake
Hoblitzel, James, Truxal, C.W., Hocking, George, Philson, S.B., Lichty, Dr. Bruce, Weld, Lewis, Kyle, Elbridge, Cook, Squire, Oats, John
One man is obscured in the back row. Two men are in dark suits, white shirts, and bow ties, and one wears a light suit with a long tie. The other men are in short sleeves with long ties, and one has his hat in his hand. A view of the lake is behind them, with a barn to the viewer’s left. Transcribed from the back '1919 Directors at Crystal Lake. James Hoblitzer [sic], C.W. Truxal, George Hocking, S.B. Philson, Dr. Bruce Lichty, Lewis Weld, Elbridge Kyle, Squire Cook, and John Oats.’ 5 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. black and white photograph.
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