Category Archives: Photo Collections

Photos from the Past – New England Scenes & a Scarborough Graduate.

Posted on December 21, 2025 by Don Taylor

A look at four historic photographs from the Scarborough Historical Society’s Photo Collection—three depicting 19th-century locations in Maine and Massachusetts, and one a Scarborough High School graduate from the Class of 1961. Together, these images illustrate the breadth of the Society’s photographic holdings and the stories they continue to tell. Continue reading →

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Faces and Places of the Kinney Family, 1933–1939

Posted on December 14, 2025 by Don Taylor

This installment of the Linwood D. Dyer Collection highlights family photographs connected to Margaret Kinney of Portland, Maine, taken between 1933 and 1939. The images document relatives, residences, and familiar landmarks—including Portland Head Light, a Portland trolley, and the harbor vessel Mildred Goudy—preserved today by the Scarborough Historical Society. Continue reading →

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Faces from the Past – Catlin, Hinkley, & Kinney

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Don Taylor

This installment from the Linwood Dyer Collection highlights early 20th-century photographs of the Kinney, Hinkley, and Catlin families. Drawn from an Eastman Negative Album, these images document a wedding, family portraits, and ancestral connections, offering descendants a rare visual link to their Portland, Maine heritage. Continue reading →

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Faces and Stories from the Shirley (Darling) Howell Collection.

Posted on December 6, 2025 by Don Taylor

This installment highlights newly identified individuals from the Shirley Darling Howell Collection, including members of the Darling, McAllister, Lane, and Huber families. Drawing on photos from several family albums, the article places each person back into historical context, reconnecting treasured images with the stories behind them. Continue reading →

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Vintage Photos – Five unidentified images from Maine, Massachusetts, and England

Posted on November 23, 2025 by Don Taylor

This first installment of “Vintage Photos” features five intriguing historic images: a Cornish store staff, a Dover-Jackman teamster, a Boston grocery interior, an English public house, and a Lewiston studio portrait. Each offers clues to everyday life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries while inviting further identification. Continue reading →

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