Meyersdale Public Library - Pennsylvania Maple Festival Memories

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  • Location Covered = Somerset County (Pa.)
  • Subject = Women

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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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Three Look Closely at Quilt Show
Three Look Closely at Quilt Show
Women, Quilts
Two women and girl stand in front of display of small quilts and blankets behind plastic
Three Pose at Maple Sugar Hauling Tank
Three Pose at Maple Sugar Hauling Tank
Carts & wagons, Parks, Buildings, Barrels, Women
Two women and girl pose at side of barrel tank above wagon frame in yard to left of two story white house
Three Women Behind Candy Counter at Country Store
Three Women Behind Candy Counter at Country Store
Variety stores, Candy, Women, Crowds
Woman in light blue sweater and white apron at right of counter reaches in glass jar; two women to her right with crowd in front
Two Men and Woman Judge Maple Products
Two Men and Woman Judge Maple Products
Fairs, Judging, Men, Women, Maple sugar industry
Man with pipe looks down at syrup grader, man at tins, and woman with binder and pen.
Two Stand Behind Bookshelves at Library
Two Stand Behind Bookshelves at Library
Librarians, Public libraries, Card catalogs, Women, Books
Two women stand behind wooden bookshelves; fluorescent lights to upper right
Two Women and Girl at Festival Quilt Display
Two Women and Girl at Festival Quilt Display
Women, Quilting
Two women and girl stand beside four vertically hung quilts displayed under plastic
Two Women Look at Quilts
Two Women Look at Quilts
Quilts, Women
Two women at left look at pieced quilts displayed on wooden A-frames
Two Women Next to White Quilt With Embroidered Wisteria
Two Women Next to White Quilt With Embroidered Wisteria
Arts & crafts, Women, Quilts, Galleries (Display spaces), Ribbons
Two women stand next to white quilt with embroidered wisteria; red ribbon
Two Women Quilting Log Cabin Quilt
Two Women Quilting Log Cabin Quilt
Quilts, Tables, Women, Demonstrations
Two women work on quilt on frame while woman stands and looks at right
View of Sales Tables at Country Store
View of Sales Tables at Country Store
Variety stores, Women, Tables
Room with sales tables and women; fluorescent light above; three women look at black ceramics
View of Sales Tables at Country Store
View of Sales Tables at Country Store
Variety stores, Women, Tables
Room with sales tables and women; fluorescent light above
Weaving by Vera Jean Kimmel
Weaving by Vera Jean Kimmel
Women, Costumes, Weaving
Woman in red gingham dress and bonnet weaves while two women in costume watch
Woman at Wool Wheel
Woman at Wool Wheel
Arts & crafts, Women, Spinning apparatus, Spinning
Woman in purple print dress sits while spinning wool
Woman Behind Candy Counter at Country Store
Woman Behind Candy Counter at Country Store
Variety stores, Candy, Women
Woman in light blue sweater and white apron behind counter of candy in glass jars
Woman Behind Candy Counter at Country Store
Woman Behind Candy Counter at Country Store
Variety stores, Candy, Women
Woman in light blue sweater and white apron at left of counter reaches in glass jar
Woman Behind Counter at Country Store
Woman Behind Counter at Country Store
Variety stores, Candy, Women
Three women at left behind candy and baked goods counter
Woman Behind Maple Products Counter at Festival Park
Woman Behind Maple Products Counter at Festival Park
Maple sugar industry, Stores & shops, Women
Woman looks at jar between counter with products and wall shelving filled with plastic jugs
Woman in shawl sitting in dark kitchen
Woman in shawl sitting in dark kitchen
Kitchens, Shelving for nonbook materials, Women, Kettles
Woman in shawl and dress sits in kitchen; kettle in foreground
Woman in shawl sitting in dark kitchen
Woman in shawl sitting in dark kitchen
Kitchens, Women, Kettles, Spinning apparatus
Woman in shawl and dress sits in kitchen; kettle in foreground; spinning wheel behind
Woman in Straw Hat Stirring in Sugar Camp
Woman in Straw Hat Stirring in Sugar Camp
Women, Maple sugar industry, Fireplaces, Kettles
Woman in straw hat and blue jeans holds wooden paddle in hanging iron kettle over fire