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James Walter and a Look Back: Ten Patriots Across Four Family Lines
Sergeant, Forage Master, Captain — James Walter closes out this series, and on the Fourth of July, I step back and count all ten patriots the Find a Grave anniversary email sent me looking for. Continue reading
Two More Patriot Ancestors — Now in My Roberts-Barnes Line
Two more patriots, one more case of a son marrying a daughter — the second installment in my Revolutionary War ancestor roundup, this time from the Roberts-Barnes side of the family. Continue reading
Five Revolutionary War Ancestors in My Brown-Montran Line
Five Revolutionary War patriots, two family branches, and a couple of “small world” surprises hiding in my Brown-Montran family tree. Continue reading
Donna at Fox Washington Theatre, Detroit, MI – Week of June 6, 1926
In June 1926, vaudeville performer Donna Darling and her Metropolitan Five headlined the live bill at Detroit’s Fox Washington Theatre, appearing alongside the silent film The Shamrock Handicap. A penciled note in Donna’s own hand — “week June 6, Detroit” — anchors this appearance in her career chronology. Continue reading
Posted in Theatre History, Metropolitan Revue, Vaudeville
Tagged metropolitan-five, donna-darling-collection, Vaudeville, janet-gaynor, murrays-american-beauties, fox-film-corp, arland-w-johnson, william-fox, grand-circus-park, 1926, leslie-fenton, Donna-Darling, the-shamrock-handicap, pearl-brothers, donna-montran, silent-film, fox-washington-theatre, grady-trio, madonna-montran, bryson-and-tyson, detroit-michigan, ddc-part-36
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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 Scarborough Historical Society and Museum, Maine History, Linwood Dyer Collection, Hinkley Family Album, Faces from the Past
Tagged 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, 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, Portland History
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