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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Charlie Cook playing a mandolin and a friend with a guitar
Guitars, Mandolins, Stringed instruments, Musical instruments, Cook, Charlie
Charlie, with his mandolin, and his friend with a guitar, enjoy an evening in the parlor. A piano sits behind them, and pictures hang on the flowered wallpapered wall. A furry throw rug is on top of the flowered carpet. There is a lamp on the table that sits between their chairs. Transcribed from the album page ‘Charlie.’ 4 3/8 x 3 3/4 in. black and white photograph.
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Cook boys
Pianos, Mandolins, Musical instruments, Stringed instruments
Two young Cook boys are chasing each other around the table in the parlor. The lamp on the table is in a precarious spot if the chase gets rougher. 3 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. black and white photograph.
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Gathering around a banjo player at J.M. Olinger's residence
Men, Women, Banjos, Pianos, Musical instruments
In the parlor at J.M. Olinger's home the ladies are listening to a young woman in a dark dress playing the banjo. The gentleman in the middle is either listening intently or dozing off. Transcribed from the album page ‘Interior-JM Olinger Residence. Same.’ 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. black and white photograph.
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Lady with mandolin
Mandolins, Musical instruments, Stringed instruments
There is an intense expression on the girls’ faces as they sit on the sofa listening to the mandolin. Their dresses seem identical with dark skirts, print blouses, and dark high neck collars. A striped pillow is on the sofa between them, and another is on the floor. 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. black and white photograph.
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Men in H.M. Cook's Optical Parlor
Banjos, Musical instruments, Men, Opticians' shops
A man sitting with his chair tilted back and playing the banjo is joined by two other men at H.M. Cook's Optical Parlor. With the curtain pulled aside, the eye charts are seen displayed on the wall. Transcribed from the album page ‘Cooks Optical Parlor.’ 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. black and white photograph.
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Miners Concert Band
United States-Pennsylvania-Pine Hill, Bands, Musical instruments, Werner, Ellis, Werner, Harry, Werner, Joe, Keld, Sav., Hoffa, Jas., Eckman, Andy, Blubaugh, Austin, Shorr, Robert, Hoffa, Howard, Werner, Simon, Smith, Allen, Smith, Jerry, Werner, ?, Werner, Bill, Blubaugh, Charles, Lichty, Norman, Hoffa, Charles
‘Miners Concert Band, Pine Hill, Pa’ is painted on a drum. The picture was taken at Power House, Goodtown. The members in the front row were: Ellis Werner, Harry Werner, Joe Werner, Sav. Keld, Jas. Hoffa, and Andy Eckman. They played clarinets, bugles, and cymbals. The members in the back row were: Austin Blubaugh, Robert Shorr, Howard Hoffa, Simon Werner, Allen Smith, Jerry Smith, [unknown] Werner, Bill Werner, Charles Blubaugh, Norman Lichty, and Charles Hoffa. They played tubas, trombones, trumpets, and drums. All were in band hats and dark uniforms with trim on the sleeves and collars. Names were transcribed from a separate sheet. 10 x 8 in. black and white photograph.
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Orpheus Club in the grass with their instruments
Orpheus Club, Musical instruments
The five members of the Orpheus Club practice outside on the lawn. There is quite an assortment of instruments. The ladies standing are in plain white dresses, each holding an instrument. The two ladies sitting with instruments are in flowered white dresses. The gentleman is playing his bass instrument, and is dressed in a light colored suit. 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. black and white photograph.
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Women sitting calmly at J.M. Olinger's residence
Women, Men, Piano, Musical instruments
Three ladies and a gentleman are in the parlor at J.M. Olinger's home. The lady to the viewer’s right is sitting in a rocking chair, and seems to be visiting with the other individuals. She is wearing a warm jacket, fur stole, and hat with flowers and feathers. Across from her, a lady in a long light colored dress listens while she talks, as does the lady in the dark dress sitting on the piano stool. The gentleman in a long tailed suit jacket is busy reading a paper at the piano. A bookshelf is in the corner wall, and two pictures hang on the wall. Transcribed from the album page ‘JM Olinger Residence.’ 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. black and white photograph.
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Young girl playing guitar
Guitars, Mandolins, Stringed instruments, Musical instruments, Cook, Charlie
A man sits in the corner having fun wearing a lady’s hat while he plays the mandolin. Beside him in a white wicker rocking chair, a young girl with a dark scarf around the collar of her white blouse holds a guitar. She has her long hair pulled back in a braid. The lady in the dark rocking chair is listening to the man with the mandolin. Her hair is pulled back in a bun, and her skirt is long and dark. 3 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. black and white photograph.
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