Photo Friday – Gruver, Hinkley.

Linwood Dyer Collection – Part 047
Hinkley Family Photographs (2024.13.43)
Portland, Maine – Rome, New York
By Don Taylor

This photo album, part of the Linwood D. Dyer Photo Collection, is in poor condition. Many photos are glued in place, making it impossible to examine their backs. However, the photos in the album focus on the Hinkley family. The collection contains hundreds of images, documents, and genealogies of people who lived in Portland, Scarborough, South Portland, and Cape Elizabeth, Maine. My goal is to connect these images with their descendants, who may never have seen them before. The original collection is housed at the Scarborough Historical Society^[1].

 Helen Hartwell Hinkley – 1896 & 1907

Helen Hartwell Hinkley, 1907

Pages 42 and 43 showcase six photographs of Helen Hartwell Hinkley at different stages of her life.

Born in Maine on June 10, 1885, Helen was the youngest of nine children born to Rufus Henry and Frances Elizabeth (Prindle) Hinkley. She attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, but spent most of her life in Portland, Maine. Helen passed away in Scarborough on March 10, 1973, and was laid to rest in Evergreen Cemetery in Portland.

I’ve incorporated these six photographs of Helen, taken between 1896 and 1907, into my Linwood Dyer Collection family tree on Ancestry.

Eleanor & Elbert Asa Gruver – c. 1910

Elbert Asa Gruver, Jr., circa 1910.

Page 45 features three photographs, all of which are labeled:

• Eleanor Gruver 1902-
• Elbert Asa Gruver Jr. 1905-
• H. H. H.

The two photographs of the Gruver children were taken at the Hanson Studio in Portland, Maine.

Eleanor Gruver, circa 1910.

Elbert appears to be approximately five years old in his photograph, dating it to around 1910. Given that both photographs were taken by the same photographer and share a similar style, I believe the photograph of Eleanor was also taken around 1910, when she was about eight years old.

The “H. H. H.” photograph resembles other photographs of Helen Hartwell Hinkley.

I added the photographs of Eleanor and Elbert Jr. to their profiles in mu Linwood Dyer Collection family tree on Ancestry.

Conclusion

I would love to hear your reaction if any of these photos are of your family member. Especially if this photo is of a loved one for whom you hadn’t seen this photograph before.[ii]

Feel free to use these photos in your genealogical activities. Please cite “Photo Courtesy: Scarborough Historical Society.”

Endnotes

^[1] Scarborough Historical Society Accession number: 2024.13.43.
[2] Dontaylorgenealogy.com