Meyersdale Public Library - Pennsylvania Maple Festival Memories

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  • Date = 1982-1986

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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Armed Forces Flag Bearers in Parade
Armed Forces Flag Bearers in Parade
Flag bearers, Parades & processions, Commercial streets
Line of Armed Forces carrying flags and guns lead parade section lined by crowd on business street
Boy Empties Sugar Water Into Tank
Boy Empties Sugar Water Into Tank
Maple sugar industry, Sap bucket, Tractors, Sugar keelers
Boy in orange jacket empties contents of metal keeler into metal hauling tank attached to tractor with driver
Boy Taps Metal Spile in Maple
Boy Taps Metal Spile in Maple
Maple sugar industry, Maples, Hammers
Side view of young man in camouflage hat uses hammer to tap metal spile into maple tree
Christmas Tree in Maple Manor Living Room
Christmas Tree in Maple Manor Living Room
Galleries & museums, Christmas decorations, Living rooms, Settees
Decorated Christmas tree between two windows in living room with sofa and marble-topped table
Doughboy Looking Down at Night Parade
Doughboy Looking Down at Night Parade
Parades & processions, Monuments, Statues
Doughboy statue in foreground with parade of fire trucks on lighted street
Hanging Wooden Spoons
Hanging Wooden Spoons
Cooking utensils, Spoons, Arts & crafts
Fifteen carved wooden spoons with acorn carved on handle hanging
Interior of Commercial Sugar Camp
Interior of Commercial Sugar Camp
Maple sugar industry, Evaporators, Work camps
Three men inside camp with three evaporators with hoods; fluorescent light above
Making Crumb Sugar in Wooden Sugar Trough at Festival
Making Crumb Sugar in Wooden Sugar Trough at Festival
Maple sugar industry, Demonstrations
Man in blue jean jacket stirs maple sugar in carved wooden trough while two women ladle out liquid
Man Drills Tree With Gas Powered Drill
Man Drills Tree With Gas Powered Drill
Maple sugar industry, Maples, Drills (Equipment)
Man in hat and jean jacket holds orange gas-powered drill to tap maple tree
Man in Cowboy Hat Smoking Pipe
Man in Cowboy Hat Smoking Pipe
Pipes (Smoking), Men
Side view of man with beard wearing brown cowboy hat smoking pipe
Singing and Playing at Piano
Singing and Playing at Piano
Galleries & museums, Living rooms, Pianos, Singers
Two women stand looking at music while woman plays piano
Square Dancer Twirling
Square Dancer Twirling
Dancers, Entertainment
Woman in yellow dress, black tights twirls on stage in front of other dancers
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
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