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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Steaming Hanging Iron Kettle Over Fire
Steaming Hanging Iron Kettle Over Fire
Maple sugar industry, Kettles, Campfires
Steaming hanging iron kettle over open fire outside
Sugar Hauling Wagon With Sign at Park
Sugar Hauling Wagon With Sign at Park
Maple sugar industry, Carts & wagons
Wagon with red and yellow wheels hauls long barrel with maple-shaped sign; white house in background
Sugar Water Haulers at Maple Festival Park
Sugar Water Haulers at Maple Festival Park
Maple sugar industry, Parks, Older people
Older people sit on benches to left of two barrel sugar tanks; Dr. Pepper truck at right and house in back
Sugar Water Hauling Barrels at Maple Festival Park--One on Sled, One on Tires, and One on Ground
Sugar Water Hauling Barrels at Maple Festival Park--One on Sled, One on Tires, and One on Ground
Women, Maple sugar industry, Farm equipment, Parks, Older people
Man and woman look at sugar water hauling barrel on wagon; sled behind
Sugar Water Hauling Barrels On Sled and Rubber Tires at Maple Festival Park
Sugar Water Hauling Barrels On Sled and Rubber Tires at Maple Festival Park
Women, Maple sugar industry, Farm equipment, Houses, Parks, Older people
People gather at benches outside; sugar water sled and wagon sit out
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.
Vermont Souvenir Slide of Sugar Keelers on Maples
Vermont Souvenir Slide of Sugar Keelers on Maples
Maples, Snow, Maple sugar industry, Sugar keelers
Barbed wire fence in foreground of two maple trees with three sugar keelers and snow on ground
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 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
Woman Ladles Spotza Above Kettle
Woman Ladles Spotza Above Kettle
Maple sugar industry, Demonstrations
Woman in dress and bonnet ladles liquid into small cup above large kettle at fireplace
Working Sugar Camp In Hillside
Working Sugar Camp In Hillside
Maple sugar industry, Camps
Wooden building with red roof and smoke coming out of chimney situated in hillside
Young Man With Piles of Metal Keelers
Young Man With Piles of Metal Keelers
Maple sugar industry, Sap bucket, Sugar keelers
Young man in hat and orange jacket looks down while holding metal keeler behind stacks of metal keelers