Category Archives: Linwood Dyer Collection

Scarborough Students’ Summer Fun – 1930s Style.

Posted on August 8, 2025 by Don Taylor

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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Faces of Portland’s Graduates: Jack, Jackson, McCarthy, Roberts & Temple

Posted on July 25, 2025 by Don Taylor

This week, five more graduation portraits from Portland and Deering High Schools — Jack, Jackson, McCarthy, Roberts & Temple — join the Linwood Dyer Collection, preserving a glimpse into the lives of Maine students in 1918–1923. Continue reading →

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Hanson Studio Graduation Portraits — Linwood Dyer Collection (Part 076)

Posted on July 18, 2025 by Don Taylor

Five Hanson Studio graduation portraits from the Linwood Dyer Collection, featuring four Portland High School students and one from Deering High School, Class of 1918: Bertha M. Tarbox, Margaret A. Anderson, Robert F. Goff, and (likely) Hazel Woodill. Help solve a photo mystery and preserve these stories! Continue reading →

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Five Portland High School Graduates of 1918.

Posted on July 11, 2025 by Don Taylor

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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Graduation Portraits: Deering HS (1917) & Portland HS (1917), and South Portland HS (1955 & 1967)

Posted on July 4, 2025 by Don Taylor

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

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