Meyersdale Public Library - Pennsylvania Maple Festival Memories

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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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Parades & processions, Marching bands
Girl with hands at waist in red vest, white shirt, and black skirt and hat in front of saxophone section of marching band
Quilts
Close view of four hanging pieced quilts with tags pinned on them
Horse teams
White and brown horses with gear
Parades & processions, Carts & wagons, Covered wagons, Horse teams
Three teams of Clydesdale horses pull yellow wagon leading Conestoga wagons in parade
Pails, Arts & crafts, Buckets (vessels)
Cooper ware and small ceramics on table; man and woman sit in background.
Crowds, Parades & processions, Automobiles, Men
Two men stand at yellow Corvette in parade; white Corvette behind while crowd with umbrellas watch
Women, Candy, Boys, Kettles
Woman in dress and bonnet giving boys cups beside steaming kettle
Performances, Entertainment, Singers, Men
Man in dark vest, cowboy hat, and glasses sings into microphone holding electric guitar
Performances, Entertainment, Singers, Men
Man in white Western shirt, cowboy hat, and long hair sings into microphone with electric guitar
Quilts, Coverlets
Applique bird quilt and woven coverlet on upright frame
Arts & crafts, Interiors, Women
Three women talk together in center aisle of long building with craft vendors
Women, Galleries (Display spaces), Arts & crafts
Several people look at crafts laid out on tables; chairs in background
Interiors, Furniture, Wallpapers, Parlors, Sofas, Rugs
Parlor with wallpaper, loveseat, tables, hooked rugs, stove pipe; mannequin in red dress
Crowds, Entrances
People in coats walking in front of entrance building; Festival Park sign on tree at left
Signs (Notices), Crowds, Queues, Festivals
Crowd in front of funnel cake booth; man in leather jacket in foreground
People, Signs (Notices)
Crowd in front of maple-shaped sign with "SPOTZA"
Crowds, Entertainers, Kilts, Bagpipes
Bagpiper in red plaid kilt faces away from crowd.
Police, Railroad trains, Crowds, Residential streets
Crowd helped by police officer in front depart white and orange train at top of hill
Pancakes & waffles, Dinners, Lions Club (Meyersdale, Pa.)
Out of focus crowd sitting at long tables eating in beige and light blue gym
Pancakes & waffles, Dinners, Lions Club (Meyersdale, Pa.)
Crowd sitting at long tables eating in beige and light blue gym