Category Archives: Faces from the Past

Formerly “Photo Friday” under the Friday Category. Changed to “Faces from the Past.”

Bandana Club Clam Bake at Eagle’s Nest, Pine Point — Help Us Name These Men

A rare panoramic photograph of the Bandana Club’s annual clam bake at “Eagle’s Nest,” Pine Point — over sixty men strong, with a hand-typed key naming two dozen of them. Many names are still missing, and most of the crowd remains unidentified. Can you help? Continue reading

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Faces from the Past — Darling, Howell, Huber, & McAllister

Five photographs from my wife’s family collection — spanning 1909 to the 1960s — document the Howell, Darling, Huber, and McAllister-Lane lines, from a great-grandfather’s photo to a Bridgton, Maine, home. Continue reading

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Faces from the Past – A Patriotic School Group (& Swasey)

A group of young children holding American flags pose for a photograph circa 1919–1921. One child, Raymond Lewis Swasey, has been identified—but who are the others? This image offers a glimpse into early school life and invites the community to help uncover the identities and location behind this patriotic scene. Continue reading

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Faces from the Past – Clifford, Dana, Jordan, & Kinney

The Scarborough Historical Society’s Linwood Dyer Collection holds a remarkable family album connecting Portland and Cape Elizabeth families across three generations. Through studio portraits, wedding photographs, newspaper clippings, and a vivid 1927 memoir, we trace the Hinkley, Dana, and Clifford families from Thanksgiving gatherings in 1860s Gorham, Maine, to the elegant Portland weddings of 1939. Continue reading

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Faces from the Past – Hinkley, & Kinney

In this installment of Faces from the Past, I examine five identified portraits and six unidentified photographs from the Hinkley Family Photographs album in the Linwood Dyer Collection. Spanning roughly forty years of Hinkley and Kinney family history. These images offer a glimpse into the lives of two interconnected Portland-area families. Among the portraits: a young soldier photographed for his sister just weeks after America entered the First World War, two little sisters sharing a book at a parlor table, and a pair of confident young women on the eve of their futures. Do you recognize any of the unidentified faces? Continue reading

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