Meyersdale Public Library - Photographs

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  • Date = Ca. 1908

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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Construction on Western Maryland R.R. Viaduct
Western Maryland Viaduct, United States-Pennsylvania-Meyersdale, Railroad tracks
To aid in the construction of the Western Maryland Viaduct, a temporary railroad was built along the base of the trestle. With the railroad going over the Casselman River, supplies could be transported faster. The main railroad runs across the top on a trestle supported by towers of steel beams. The towers are reinforced at the base in concrete. Transcribed from the front 'Western MD. R.R. Viaduct, near Meyersdale, Pa.' 5 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. black and white postcard.
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Man holding baby with teddy bear
Infants, Men, Women
The lady in the doorway in a long plaid skirt and flowered blouse has the happy smile we all have when watching a baby. The baby with dark hair and in a white dress holds on tight to a teddy bear. Holding the baby gently in his arms is a man in a dark shirt, white tie, suspenders, and a newsboy type hat. 3 1/4 X 3 1/4 in. black and white photograph.
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Man with baby holding bear
Men, Children
A man with a baby stands against a background of large leafy trees, and a two story house with a picket fence. The child being held in the man's arms wears a white dress, and holds on tight to a teddy bear. The man is in dark trousers with white suspenders, and a dark shirt with a white necktie. He wears his newsboy hat pulled down against the sun. 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. black and white photograph.
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Man with white tie
Men
A man with his cap pushed back stands on the porch with his arms behind him. His trousers are dark, and he wears only a jacket and a dark shirt that makes his white tie stand out. 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. black and white photograph.
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Tiny child with teddy bear
Children
Below the two story house on the small rocky hill runs a dirt road. In a small clearing along the dirt road, a very young child stands carefully holding onto a teddy bear. The child's dark hair is parted in the middle. In a long white dress and high top black shoes, the child squints against the sun. 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. black and white photograph.
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