Meyersdale Public Library - Pennsylvania Maple Festival Memories

Active Filters:
  • Date = 1982-1986
  • Location Covered = Meyersdale (Pa.)

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.
Displaying 9 items
Filter
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
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
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 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