Category Archives: Faces from the Past

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

Faces from the Past: Scarborough School Students, 1916–1952

Four school photographs from the Scarborough Historical Society collection document students from Black Point, Pine Point, Dunstan Grammar, and Scarborough High School between 1916 and 1952. Using inscriptions, town reports, census records, and visual evidence, these images reveal changing classrooms, familiar surnames, and faces still waiting to be identified. Continue reading

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Faces from the Past – Curtis, Daggett, McCluskey, & Sweeney

This installment of “Faces From the Past” highlights four portraits with successful identifications: Alan McCluskey of Falmouth High School (1969), Newton Curtis of Westbrook High School (1936), Patricia Sweeney of Deering High School (1951), and Albert Daggett of Strong, Maine, inventor of the road rake. Yearbooks, newspapers, and memorial records confirm each story and connect these images to local history. Continue reading

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Faces from the Past – Goddard, Mottram, Pendexter, & Simpson

Explore four portraits from the Scarborough Historical Society’s photo archives—Harold Pendexter, Richard Mottram, Jean Goddard, and Sally Jean Simpson—captured by Portland’s Loring Studio and Vantine’s Studio between 1947 and 1973. Don Taylor traces their high school roots and family connections through Deering, Portland, and Westbrook yearbooks. Continue reading

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Faces from the Past – Aceto, Bliss, Bourgeois & McNally

Explore four portraits from the Linwood Dyer Photo Collection, featuring Jean McNally, Joan Aceto, Judith Bliss, and Anne Carolyn Bourgeois. Learn about their school years, family backgrounds, and local ties as we work to reconnect these cherished photographs with descendants. Continue reading

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Faces from the Past – Palladino, Pederson, Lerman, Michaud, & Rosen

Five portraits from the Scarborough Historical Society Photo Collection—Mary Pederson (Scarborough HS, 1927), Margaret Palladino (Gorham Normal School, 1933), Susan Rosen (Deering HS, 1963), Jodi Lerman (Deering HS, 1971), and Sharon Michaud (Gorham HS, 1969)—are explored through studio details and genealogical research connecting each image to its history. Continue reading

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