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Author Archives: Don Taylor
Donna and the Bathing Beauties: Uncovering My Grandmother’s Vaudeville Ties
Discover how a family letter and old vaudeville photos help piece together my grandmother’s days as one of Mack Sennett’s Bathing Beauties — and her possible connections with Helen Kane and Stuart Erwin. Continue reading
Five Portland High School Graduates of 1918.
Five photos of Portland (Maine) High School students from the class of 1918, including:
• Francis A. Fagone
• Philip Powers
• Doris R. Witherington
• Bernice Young
• Marjorie LNU (Probably McGillicuddy, O’Brion, or Simonton)
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Posted in Linwood Dyer Collection, Graduation Photos (LDC)
Tagged Young, Portland High School, 1918, Fagone, Witherington, Powers
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Biography of Frank H. Raidt (1851-1931)
Frank H. Raidt (1871–1933), was born in Watertown, Wisconsin. A carpenter who moved to Minneapolis, MN, he became a building contractor, raised a family and contributed to his community. His life shows the migration of Midwestern families in the late 1800s. He rests today in a Minneapolis cemetery. Continue reading
Graduation Portraits: Deering HS (1917) & Portland HS (1917), and South Portland HS (1955 & 1967)
Photos of Deering, Portland, and South Portland High Schools (Maine) students from 1917, 1918, 1955, and 1967 including:
• Linda Louise Allen
• Vaughan Clifford
• Patricia O’Reilly
• Butler Mathews Eames
Preserving Legacies: Portland High School Students of 1918 & 1919.
Five photos of Portland High School (Maine) students from 1918 & 1919:
Mary Elizabeth Cook, PHS Class of 1919.
Eli Charles Livingston, PHS Class of 1919.
Florence Neal Trott, PHS Class of 1918.
Ruth W Tucker, PHS Class of 1919.
“Little Eva”, PHS Class of 1918, Continue reading
