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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Side View of Square Dancers on Stage
Entertainment, Square dancing, Musicians, Dancers, Stages (Platforms)
Side view on stage of dancing couples with men having arm on women's shoulders; drums to right
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Square Dancers Perform
Square dancing, Entertainment
Three couples dance on taped wooden flooring on top of pavement; guitarists to right
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Square Dancers Perform on Stage
Entertainment, Square dancing, Dancers
Four pairs of dancers on stage with men in red shirts stand in back holding hands of women dancers in front
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Square Dancers Perform on Stage
Entertainment, Square dancing, Musicians, Dancers, Stages (Platforms)
Four pairs of dancers dance in circle on stage; guitarist, fiddler, and banjo player at left
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Square Dancers Perform on Stage
Entertainment, Square dancing, Musicians, Dancers
Four pairs of dancers lined up on stage; guitarist, fiddler, and banjo player at left
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Square Dancers Perform on Stage
Entertainment, Square dancing, Musicians, Dancers, Stages (Platforms)
Two dancing couples hold arms up for other two couple to dance underneath
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Square Dancers With Crowd on Lawn
Entertainment, Square dancing, Dancers
Dancers hold arms up for other to pass underneath dance on lawn near audience; woman in red jacket at left looks on
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Square Dancers With Crowd on Lawn
Entertainment, Square dancing, Dancers, Audiences
Audience watches two lines of square dancers below stage; child in foreground
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Square Dancers With Crowd on Lawn
Entertainment, Square dancing, Dancers, Stages (Platforms)
Dancers face each other while man in jeans looks to right at front on lawn
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Square Dancers With Crowd on Lawn
Entertainment, Square dancing, Dancers
Dancers hold arms up for other to pass underneath dance on lawn near audience; woman in skirt stands to left
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Square Dancers With Crowd on Lawn
Entertainment, Square dancing, Dancers
Dancers turn around each other; women in skirts clap to left
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Square Dancers With Crowd on Lawn
Entertainment, Square dancing, Dancers, Stages (Platforms)
Dancers hold arms up for other to pass underneath dance on lawn near audience
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Square Dancers With Crowd on Lawn
Entertainment, Square dancing, Dancers, Stages (Platforms)
Woman in pink skirt arm in arm with man in jacket dance through two lines of dancers on yard between audience and stage
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Square Dancers With Crowd on Lawn
Entertainment, Square dancing, Dancers, Audiences
Men and women on either side look to man and woman dancing in circle
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Square Dancers With Crowd on Lawn
Entertainment, Square dancing, Dancers
Dancers hold arms up for other to pass underneath dance on lawn near audience; woman in red jacket walks toward front
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Square Dancing in Street at Maple Festival Parade
Crowds, Girls, Entertainers, Dancers, Square dancing
Four couples square dance in street for crowd.
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Square Dancing Men in Front of Partner Dance
Entertainment, Square dancing, Musicians, Dancers, Stages (Platforms)
Four men dance in front of four women on stage between musicians and sound equipment; woman in yellow skirt has one leg lifted
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Square Dancing Men in Front of Partner Dance
Entertainment, Square dancing, Musicians, Dancers, Stages (Platforms)
Four men dance in front of four women on stage between musicians and sound equipment
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Square Dancing Pairs Face Audience
Entertainment, Square dancing, Musicians, Dancers, Stages (Platforms)
Four pairs of dancers face front between musicians and sound equipment
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Square Dancing Women in Front of Partner Dance
Entertainment, Square dancing, Musicians, Dancers, Stages (Platforms)
Four pairs of dancers dance facing front between musicians and sound equipment
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