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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Estelle by a mailbox
Women
With the wind blowing her long dark, decorated, dress, Estelle pauses by a flower bed with a mailbox in it. Her large brimmed hat does not shield her eyes from the sun, as she is squinting against it. Transcribed from the album page ‘Estelle. Morning of their departure. 1916.’ 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. black and white photograph.
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Jo Schultz and Charles Fike at school
Schultz, Jo, Fike Charles, Schools
Jo Schultz and Charles Fike take a moment outside by the school steps. The student on the viewer’s left has a striped tie hanging out of his suit jacket; he wears a white hat with a dark band. The student beside him has his tie tucked in the vest of his suit and wears a newsboy hat. Transcribed from the album page ‘Two Seniors. Jo Schultz, Charles Fike. 1916.’ 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. black and white photograph.
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Mr. Weaver leads the way
Men, Women
Mr. Weaver, in a dark suit, is at the head of the line. Two ladies in dark coats and hats wait behind him. Transcribed from the album page ‘Mr. Weaver leads the way.’ 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. black and white photograph.
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People in the street
Men, Women
A lady in a dark dress and white hat hurries across the street. The other lady has on a two piece dark outfit and small hat with flowers. She pauses in the street to look at the gentleman in a dark suit behind her. The sidewalk runs a long distance up a hill past a two story house. Transcribed from the album page ‘Not quite quick enough.’ 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. black and white photograph.
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Standing in stump
Women, Tree stumps
A woman in a white dress and dark coat stands inside the hollowed out tree stump. Her friend smiles as she looks on. Transcribed from the album page ‘Stumped.’ 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. black and white photograph.
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Tom by a mailbox
Men
Tom stops by steps near a flower bed and a mailbox. With his hand in the pocket of his light colored vested suit, he gives a broad grin. Transcribed from the album page ‘Tom. Morning of their departure. 1916.’ 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. black and white photograph.
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