Meyersdale Public Library - Pennsylvania Maple Festival Memories

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  • Location Covered = Somerset County (Pa.)
  • Date = 1982

About This Collection

With the Pennsylvania Maple Festival Board of Directors' permission, the Meyersdale Public Library digitized nearly 400 35mm slides documenting the Pennsylvania Maple Festival from the late 1950s through the 1980s as part of its 2018 Scan PA project. The festival is a Somerset County tradition dating back to 1948. Each spring it attracts thousands of visitors from throughout Pennsylvania and surrounding states to the small community of Meyersdale, where they learn about the rich history behind the county's maple production industry. Again working in conjunction with the festival board, the library also digitized additional 35mm slides of past festival activities later discovered by the board. Now totaling nearly 500 digital images, these photographs, captured by amateur volunteer photographers, help tell the story of a community celebration which in 2022 is celebrating its 75th year.
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Drum butter churn in kitchen
Butter making, Kitchens, Dogs, Porcelain
Wood drum butter churn on floor with ceramic dog; rocker and braided rug in background
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Drum in Museum Display at Maple Manor
Galleries & museums, Drums (Musical instruments), Flags
Drum propped on flag
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Family at Craft Jewelry Vendor at Maple Festival
Arts & crafts, Jewelry
Two kids and adult in winter coats and knit hats look at jewelry craft display
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Fiddler on Festival Stage
Entertainment, Violins, Musicians
Side view of man in cowboy hat playing violin
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Former Maple Queens Pose
Women, Tiaras
Three rows of 17 women pose; six with tiaras
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Four Behind Maple Products Counter
Variety stores, Candy, Women, Maple sugar industry
Three stand between counter and shelves of syrup jugs
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Four Women Behind Candy Counter at Country Store
Variety stores, Candy, Women, Crowds
Woman in light blue sweater and white apron at right of counter takes money with three women to her right and crowd in front
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Fourteen Displayed Quilt Show Quilts
Quilts
Folded applique and pieced quilts hang on wooden frames; basket quilt has red ribbon
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Girl in Red Coat Peeks into Keeler
Maples, Sugar keelers
Girl in red coat and red pants holds onto metal keeler to look inside
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Girls Holding Up Festival T-shirt
Variety stores, Souvenirs, T-shirts
Girls stretching out yellow t-shirt across red table
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Guitarist, Fiddler, and Drummer Perform on Festival Stage
Performances, Entertainment, Singers, Men, Electric guitars, Violins
Man in white Western shirt, cowboy hat, and long hair plays fiddle; man in cowboy hat and vest plays guitar on stage
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Guitarist Performs on Stage
Performances, Entertainment, Singers, Men, Electric guitars, Violins
Man in vest and cowboy hat holds electric guitar; drums to right
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Guitarist Singing on Festival Stage
Entertainment, Electric guitars, Singers
Man with beard and sunglasses playing electric guitar and singing on stage
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Humanola Lid Up in Maple Manor Museum
Galleries & museums, Phonographs
Lid propped up on Humanola record player; index card inside
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Johnson Demonstration of Rope Making
Arts & crafts, Ropes
Crowd watches man in jacket and hat using rope making machine
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Johnson Standing Behind Rope Making Machine
Arts & crafts, Ropes
Man in jeans and khaki jacket at spool end of rope making machine
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Kathy Forman Handing Out Spotza
Women, Candy, Kettles, Girls
Young woman hands out cup to girl beside steaming kettle
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Kathy Forman Stirring Spotza Cup
Women, Candy
Woman wearing glasses and heart necklace looks down while holding cup with one hand and stir stick in the other
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Kathy Forman Stirring Spotza Cup
Women, Candy, Kettles
Woman wearing glasses stirring liquid in cup behind iron kettle; woman behind at right
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Kathy Forman Stirring Spotza Cup
Women, Candy
Woman wearing glasses and heart necklace holds cup with one hand and stir stick in the other
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