Category Archives: Photo Collections

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 →

Posted in Linwood Dyer Collection, Graduation Photos (LDC) | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Donna and the Bathing Beauties: Uncovering My Grandmother’s Vaudeville Ties

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Don Taylor

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 →

Posted in Family Photo Research, Donna Montran, Vaudeville | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

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)
Continue reading →

Posted in Linwood Dyer Collection, Graduation Photos (LDC) | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Continue reading →

Posted in Linwood Dyer Collection, Graduation Photos (LDC) | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Portland History, Linwood Dyer Collection, Graduation Photos (LDC) | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment