Meyersdale Public Library - Pennsylvania Maple Festival Memories

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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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Antique Advertising Truck at Maple Festival
Antique Advertising Truck at Maple Festival
Crowds, Automobiles
Woman sits in antique red and black truck; people stand outside
Antique Car Show at Maple Festival
Antique Car Show at Maple Festival
Crowds, Automobiles
Yellow, black, and red antique cars parked along street; covered parking meter
Antique Cars in Maple Festival Parade
Antique Cars in Maple Festival Parade
Crowds, Parades & processions, Automobiles
Antique cars drive down middle of street in rainy parade; crowd with umbrellas
Audience on Straw Bales Watch Two Cloggers and Musicians on Festival Park Stage
Audience on Straw Bales Watch Two Cloggers and Musicians on Festival Park Stage
Performances, Musicians, Dancers, Crowds, Entertainment
Crowd on straw bales watch cloggers and musicians on concrete and wooden stage
Blanche Opperman Crocheting at Maple Festival
Blanche Opperman Crocheting at Maple Festival
Arts & crafts, Women, Crocheting
Woman wearing yellow top and green skirt, crochets; crocheted items on table
Cloggers and Musicians on Maple Festival Park Stage
Cloggers and Musicians on Maple Festival Park Stage
Performances, Musicians, Dancers, Crowds, Entertainment
Crowd on straw bales watch seven cloggers and three musicians on concrete and wooden stage
Close Up of Pancake Grill and Plates of Sausage
Close Up of Pancake Grill and Plates of Sausage
Pancakes & waffles, Sausages
Paper plates with two links of sausage lined up above grills with cooking pancakes
Close-up of Stirring in Maple Sugar Trough
Close-up of Stirring in Maple Sugar Trough
Maple sugar industry
Wooden paddle stirring maple sugar in long wooden trough
Cooper Ware on Table For Sale at Maple Festival
Cooper Ware on Table For Sale at Maple Festival
Pails, Arts & crafts, Buckets (vessels)
Cooper ware and small ceramics on table; man and woman sit in background.
Corvettes in Stopped in Maple Festival Parade
Corvettes in Stopped in Maple Festival Parade
Crowds, Parades & processions, Automobiles, Men
Two men stand at yellow Corvette in parade; white Corvette behind while crowd with umbrellas watch
Coverlet and Applique Bird Quilt on Display at Maple Festival
Coverlet and Applique Bird Quilt on Display at Maple Festival
Quilts, Coverlets
Applique bird quilt and woven coverlet on upright frame
Craft building interior
Craft building interior
Arts & crafts, Interiors, Women
Three women talk together in center aisle of long building with craft vendors
Craft Show Tables at Maple Festival
Craft Show Tables at Maple Festival
Women, Galleries (Display spaces), Arts & crafts
Several people look at crafts laid out on tables; chairs in background
Crowd Eating Pancakes
Crowd Eating Pancakes
Pancakes & waffles, Dinners, Lions Club (Meyersdale, Pa.)
Out of focus crowd sitting at long tables eating in beige and light blue gym
Crowd Eating Pancakes at Maple Festival
Crowd Eating Pancakes at Maple Festival
Pancakes & waffles, Dinners, Lions Club (Meyersdale, Pa.)
Crowd sitting at long tables eating in beige and light blue gym
Doll in Museum Display at Maple Festival Park
Doll in Museum Display at Maple Festival Park
Dolls, Galleries & museums
Doll in high chair with tagged museum yarn winder, froe, keeler, and other artifacts
Dried Floral Arrangement Vendor
Dried Floral Arrangement Vendor
Arts & crafts, Interiors, Women, Dried plant arrangements
Woman in jacket stands behind table with dried floral arrangements
Drum, Flag, and Uniform Exhibit at Maple Manor
Drum, Flag, and Uniform Exhibit at Maple Manor
Galleries & museums, Flags, Uniforms, Drums (Musical instruments)
Drum rests on table covered with US flag beside blue uniform jacket hanging on door
Eating Pancakes at Maple Festival
Eating Pancakes at Maple Festival
Pancakes & waffles, Dinners, Lions Club (Meyersdale, Pa.)
Boy eating and girl drinking on long table
Gravel Walkway Beside Maple Manor Porches
Gravel Walkway Beside Maple Manor Porches
Walkways, Buildings, Sugar keelers
Gravel walkway between two story house with double porches and one-story long building