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 Trestle in West Salisbury, Pa.
B & O Trestle in West Salisbury, Pa.
United States-Pennsylvania-West Salisbury, Railroads, Railroad bridges
The trestle winds in a wide curve and three men are standing on it. Debris is scattered at the base of the trestle, and part of a rail is standing in the debris. A section of tracks is in the foreground, and off in a distance is a barn. Transcribed from the back 'B & O Trestle near West Salisbury, Pa.' 4 1/4 x 4 in. black and white photograph.
Horse and buggy in St. Paul, Pa.
Horse and buggy in St. Paul, Pa.
United States-Pennsylvania-St. Paul, Horses, Carriages & coaches
A horse and buggy travel along a dirt road in St. Paul, passing houses and a church. Two buggies are stopped at the side of the road. Transcribed from the back 'St. Paul.' 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. black and white photograph.
Pulp mill in West Salisbury, Pa.
Pulp mill in West Salisbury, Pa.
United States-Pennsylvania-West Salisbury, Mills
Smoke is billowing at the pulp mill, from chimneys that seem to reach to the sky. A barn-like structure sits in a dirt lot. A railway runs alongside the pulp mill. Transcribed from the back 'Pulp Mill West Salisbury, Pa.' 3 7/8 x 4 in. black and white photograph.
Reverend Mackey
Reverend Mackey
Mackey, Reverend, Clergy, Preachers
Reverend Mackey, wearing a long overcoat, leans on a porch column. In the background are a screen door and a rocker. Four windows of a large house and a picket fence are visible beside the porch. Transcribed from the back 'Reverend Mackey.' 5 x 5 in. black and white photograph.
Wagon wheel shadow in St. Paul, Pa.
Wagon wheel shadow in St. Paul, Pa.
United States-Pennsylvania-St. Paul, Carriages & coaches
The shadow of a wheel suggests a buggy traveling down this dirt road. A house sits off to the right. A one story building is nestled among trees on the left side of the road. Transcribed from the back 'St. Paul ? Pa.' 4 3/8 x 4 3/8 in. black and white photograph.
West Salisbury, Pa. before the roads were paved
West Salisbury, Pa. before the roads were paved
United States-Pennsylvania-West Salisbury
This photograph shows West Salisbury from back when there were utility poles, but the streets were not yet paved. A man stands looking into a fenced-in area. A large wheel or piece of machinery is seen near a stack of wood. Several houses are along the unpaved road. Transcribed from the back 'West Salisbury, Pa. part of the city in which I was born. Zeta.' 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. black and white photograph.