Category Archives: Photo Collections

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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Preserving Legacies: Portland High School Students of 1918 & 1919.

Posted on June 27, 2025 by Don Taylor

Five photos of Portland High School (Maine) students from 1918 & 1919:

Mary Elizabeth Cook, PHS Class of 1919.
Eli Charles Livingston, PHS Class of 1919.
Florence Neal Trott, PHS Class of 1918.
Ruth W Tucker, PHS Class of 1919.
“Little Eva”, PHS Class of 1918, Continue reading →

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Preserving Legacies: Portland High School Students of 1918 (Part 3).

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Don Taylor

Five photos of Portland High School (Maine) students from 1918:
Lloyd Graham Hay,
John Angus McKay,
Lawrence Freeman Merrill,
Ella Stacey Rowe, &
“Little Eva.” Continue reading →

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Preserving Legacies: Portland High School Students of 1918 (Part 2).

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Don Taylor

Five photos of Portland High School (Maine) students from 1918:
Florence Barteau, Gladys Corthell, Irene Bailey, Olevia Browning, and “Bobbykins.” Continue reading →

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Portland High School Students of 1918 (Part 1).

Posted on June 6, 2025 by Don Taylor

“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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