Category Archives: Faces from the Past
Faces from the Past – Plummer-Roberts (& Hunnewell &Mains)
This installment of Faces from the Past examines three final photographs from the Plummer-Roberts album in the Linwood Dyer Collection. The images include a childhood tintype of Nellie (Plummer) Roberts, an unidentified Mary Mains CDV from Portland, and a possible portrait of Mary “Polly” Hunnewell of Scarborough. Each photograph is analyzed for dating, identification, and family context. Continue reading
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Tagged Polly Hunnewell, Geo E Brown photographer, ferrotype portrait, Linwood Dyer Collection, carte de visite CDV, Nellie Plummer Roberts, Mary Mains, Plummer family, Hunnewell family, Mains family, Sarah Elizabeth Plummer Wright, Roberts family, Scarborough Maine genealogy
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Faces from the Past – Burnham, Libby, Plummer, Roberts, & Stone
Six photographs from the Linwood Dyer Collection provide a glimpse into Scarborough-area families, including Alvin and Nellie (Plummer) Roberts, Daniel and Lydia Plummer, and Seth and Susan (Stone) Plummer. Studio analysis, clothing styles, and documentary research help establish probable dates and identities, further reconnecting these images with their family histories. Continue reading
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Tagged E. S. Wormell, Seth L Plummer, Nellie Plummer Roberts, carte de visite, Daniel W Plummer, Susan Stone Plummer, Lydia Libby Plummer, Alvin C Roberts, Charles Burnham, Linwood Dyer Collection, Cape Elizabeth genealogy, Scarborough Maine history, Maine tintypes, Portland Maine Photographers
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Faces from the Past – Hunnewell & Plummer Family Portraits (1860s–1880s)
Six 19th-century portraits from the album of Nellie Plummer Roberts preserve the likenesses of Lucy Hunnewell Libby, Marietta “Mettie” Hunnewell Small, and Seth L. Plummer of Scarborough, Maine. Studio imprints, fashion details, and known birth dates allow these tintypes and cartes de visite to be securely dated from the Civil War era through the mid-1880s. Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War era photography, tintype portrait, Scarborough Maine history, carte de visite, Lucy Hunnewell Libby, J H Lamson photographer, Marietta Hunnewell Small, Chas W Hearn photographer, Seth L Plummer, 19th century family portraits, Nellie Plummer Roberts, Mettie Hunnewell, Plummer family, Hunnewell family, Cumberland County Maine
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Faces from the Past – Libby, Potter, & Small
Five photographs from the Linwood Dyer Collection illuminate members of the Small, Potter, and Libby families, spanning ambrotypes, tintypes, and early 20th-century portraits. Through inscriptions, photographic formats, and family research, these images reconnect individuals to names, dates, and places in New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and beyond. Continue reading
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Tagged Identified Photographs, 19th century photography, historical photographs, ambrotype, Faces from the Past, tintype, Portland Maine, Black Point Cemetery, Scarborough Maine, Libby family, Small family, Potter family, Linwood Dyer Collection
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Faces & Places From the Past – Libby, Merrill, Young, and Portland Construction
Four historic photographs from the Linwood Dyer Collection reveal Scarborough residents, a 1920s vaudeville performer, and a Portland landmark in transition, carefully researched and dated by the Scarborough Historical Society. Continue reading