Category Archives: Family Photo Research

Scarborough Students’ Summer Fun – 1930s Style.

Photo FridayThe Linwood Dyer Photo Collection, Part 078Album 2023.02.05. By Don Taylor As part of my ongoing work with the Linwood Dyer Collection, I look at photos from his collection. Looking at a well-worn burgundy album, most of the images … Continue reading

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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

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Portland High School Students of 1918 (Part 1).

“Portland High School Students of 1918 (Part 1),” showcases 18 graduation portraits from the Linwood Dyer Collection, taken at Adams Studio in Portland, Maine. Through inscriptions and a 1918 newspaper listing graduates, Taylor identifies students like Lucille Brackett and Herbert Manchester, preserving their legacies Continue reading

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Portraits and Performing Arts: More High School Graduates from the 1950’s and 60’s.

Gardner, Hanson, Hunter, McLaughlin, & Somma. Linwood Dyer Collection (Part 068)By Don Taylor Continuing with the Linwood Dyer Photo Collection – “High School Graduation Portraits from the 1960s,” this entry highlights five additional portraits. These graduates represent Deering, Falmouth, Gorham, … Continue reading

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New Faces from the 1960s: High School Graduation Photos

Chadbourne, Chapman, Hague, Kilmartin, & Regan. Linwood Dyer Collection (Part 067)By Don Taylor As I neared the end of the Willis Skillin Graduation Album, I found that the remaining images were, unfortunately, unlabeled and don’t appear to be student portraits, … Continue reading

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