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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Maple Manor Seating and Tea Service
Interiors, Living rooms, Teapots, Quilts, Coffee tables, Settees
Leather settee draped in crazy quilt and white table set with teapot and three cups; hooked rug underneath
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Maple Manor Sign in Snow
Houses, Snow, Signs (Notices)
White "Maple Manor" sign hanging from white post in snowy yard at corner of white house
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Maple Queen Court in in Group Outside Train
Railroad trains, Crowds, Women
Group of women and man in conductor hat stand outside of train; woman in center with "maid of honor" sash
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Maple Queen Portrait Window Display
Window displays, Portraits
Three rows of framed photos of women in tiaras and some in capes in window display
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Marble-topped Dresser at Maple Manor
Galleries & museums, Bedrooms, Cabinets (Case furniture), Furniture
Dresser with tall attached mirror and marble tops against wallpapered wall; braided rug in front
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Men Behind Pancake Griddle and Plates With Sausages at Festival
People, Pancakes & waffles, Dinners
Man in white t-shirt and man in striped polo stand behind pancake griddle; two women hold plates
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Men Stirring and Ladling Out Maple
Demonstrations, Maple sugar industry, Men
Boy with wooden paddle and two men in plaid shirts hold small ladles at maple sugar trough
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Native American Costumes in Festival Pageant
Historical pageants, Costumes
Native American scene in pageant production on stage; man in headdress in center
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Native American Crafts Vendor Display
Arts & crafts, Jewelry
Jewelry display on board and sign behind two in coats and hats looking down at angled table
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Native Vendor Selling Jewelry
Street vendors, Arts & crafts, Jewelry
Man in white coat and fur headdress sells beaded charms and pins
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Organ at Maple Manor
Porcelain, Organs, Lamps, Ferns
Tall organ with clear glass oil lamp and porcelain figure sitting on it
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Organ at Maple Manor
Organs, Stools
Tall organ with two glass porcelain figures sitting on it; stool in front
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Outdoor Vendors at Festival Park
Arts & crafts, Signs (Notices)
Wooden structure with roof and open front with wooden signs, wooden utensils; people stand outside
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Paintings and Painted Milk Can In Window Display
Window displays, Landscape paintings, Paintings, Ribbons
Wood-framed paintings, painted milk can, and keeler in window display; red ribbon hanging
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Pancake Dinner
Women, Tables, Dinners, Pancakes & waffles
People eating pancakes and sausage at long tables
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Pancakes on Griddle
People, Pancakes & waffles
Man in white t-shirt stands behind griddle with cooking pancakes
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People Looking at Dark Red Antique Car at Car Show
Automobiles, Commercial streets
Group looking at purple car with both hood doors up
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Piano at Maple Manor
Galleries & museums, Windows, Pianos, Candlesticks
Piano with candleabra and vase on top in corner of white room
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PInk Studebaker in Street at Maple Festival Car Show
Automobiles
PInk Studebaker drives in center of street; crowds on sidewalk to right
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Propped Hood at Maple Festival Car Show
Automobiles
People stand to right of open hood on car
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