Category Archives: Family Photo Research

Faces from the Past – Eddy, Pélissier, WWI Memorial, & Oak Hill Students

Four newly digitized photographs from the Scarborough Historical Society reveal new research on the Eddy sisters, Gabrielle Pélissier, the Scarborough WWI Memorial, and a class of Oak Hill School students — can you help identify the rest? Continue reading

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Faces from the Past — Howell

This installment of “Faces from the Past” shares two photos from my wife’s Howell family line: a mystery-filled reunion portrait and a 1977 snapshot of Sara McCarley (Nance) Howell and her daughter “Bookie.” Continue reading

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Faces from the Past — Darling, Howell, Huber, & McAllister

Five photographs from my wife’s family collection — spanning 1909 to the 1960s — document the Howell, Darling, Huber, and McAllister-Lane lines, from a great-grandfather’s photo to a Bridgton, Maine, home. Continue reading

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Faces from the Past – Meserve, Moulton, & Poland

Five cabinet card portraits from the SHS Photo Collection offer a glimpse into the lives of Scarborough families and their descendants in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Three Scarborough subjects — Charles Moulton, Hannah Libby Meserve Moulton, and (probably) Rosile Dolley Poland of West Scarborough — are joined by Portland physician Dr. Willis Bean Moulton, grandson of Charles and Hannah, and an unidentified young man from Lewiston whose identity remains a mystery. Continue reading

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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

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