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Author Archives: Don Taylor
Donna in the News – Bloomington, IN, April 1925.
Donna Darling and her “Bathing Girls’ Revue” brought a Hollywood-organized vaudeville extravaganza to Bloomington, Indiana’s Harris Grand Theatre in April 1925, dazzling audiences and earning recognition as the biggest vaudeville number ever seen on that stage. Continue reading
Faces from the Past – Clifford, Dana, Jordan, & Kinney
The Scarborough Historical Society’s Linwood Dyer Collection holds a remarkable family album connecting Portland and Cape Elizabeth families across three generations. Through studio portraits, wedding photographs, newspaper clippings, and a vivid 1927 memoir, we trace the Hinkley, Dana, and Clifford families from Thanksgiving gatherings in 1860s Gorham, Maine, to the elegant Portland weddings of 1939. Continue reading
Posted in Photo Identification, Linwood Dyer Collection, Faces from the Past
Tagged 19th Century Maine, Florence Hinkley Dana, Society Page, newspaper clippings, Stephen Hinkley, Preble Street Portland, 1930s Maine, Philip Dana, New England Family History, Hinkley family, Ernest Cogswell Kinney, Thanksgiving Traditions, Marion Hinkley, Rufus Hinkley, Portland Maine, Smith College, Frances Dana Jordan, Gorham Maine, Scarborough Historical Society, Wedding Photography, Waynflete School, Westbrook Maine, Family Memoir, Howard Hinkley Dana, Bowdoin Street Portland, Margaret Kinney Photo Album, Eleanor Hinkley Kinney, State Street Congregational Church, Cape Elizabeth, Portland and Rochester Railroad, Ann Clifford Dana, Bowdoin College, Linwood Dyer Collection, Sorosis Women's Club, Jack W. Jordan, Studio Portraits
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Inga Maria “Mary” (Person) Krafve (1866-1905)
She crossed an ocean and left almost no trace — at least not at first glance. But look carefully, and Maria Person Krafve steps forward: a Swedish immigrant who built a family on two frontiers, bore seven children, and died at thirty-eight, far from
the forests of Värmland where she was born. Continue reading
Posted in Ancestor Sketch, Matson Project
Tagged Hennepin County Minnesota, Swedish Lutheran, Joseph Alvar Krafve, Teamster, Maria Person Krafve, 1900 US Census, Östmark Parish, FindAGrave, Dalsland Sweden, Värmland Sweden, Family History, Latah County Idaho, Troy Idaho, Augustana Lutheran Church, Genealogy Research, Swedish Americans, Minneapolis Minnesota, 19th Century Immigration
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Faces from the Past – Hinkley, & Kinney
In this installment of Faces from the Past, I examine five identified portraits and six unidentified photographs from the Hinkley Family Photographs album in the Linwood Dyer Collection. Spanning roughly forty years of Hinkley and Kinney family history. These images offer a glimpse into the lives of two interconnected Portland-area families. Among the portraits: a young soldier photographed for his sister just weeks after America entered the First World War, two little sisters sharing a book at a parlor table, and a pair of confident young women on the eve of their futures. Do you recognize any of the unidentified faces? Continue reading
Posted in Portland History, Scarborough Historical Society and Museum, Linwood Dyer Collection, Hinkley Family Album, Faces from the Past
Tagged Family History, Great Depression, Margaret Kinney, American Expeditionary Forces, World War I, Unidentified Photographs, Louise Kinney, Kinney Family, Antique Photographs, cabinet card, Frances Hinkley, Scarborough Maine, Portland Press Herald, Philip Hinkley, Frances Dana Jordan, Women's History, Maine History, Eleanor Hinkley, Military History, historical photographs, Waynflete School, Faces from the Past, 1910s, Maine genealogy, Cumberland County Maine, Genealogy, 1930s, 1890s, Lamson Studio, Portland Maine, Graduation Portrait, 1920s, Hinkley family, Scarborough Historical Society, Jordan Studio, Prindle family
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Donna Darling Revue – Palace Theatre (New Orleans, LA) – April 7-10, 1927
A confirmed engagement at the Palace Theatre in New Orleans adds a Southern venue to Donna Darling’s 1927 itinerary — and introduces the frankest critical notice yet found in her documented career. Continue reading
Posted in Donna Darling Revue, In the news, Donna Montran, Vaudeville
Tagged Donia and Dunlevy, Donna Darling, Baldwin and Blair, vaudeville 1927, Corinne Arbuckle, Billy Lamont Four, Donna Darling Revue, George Walsh, vaudeville criticism, Palace Theatre New Orleans, New Orleans Louisiana 1927, New Orleans States, Times-Picayune
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