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Category Archives: Faces from the Past
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
Posted in Linwood Dyer Collection, Faces from the Past
Tagged Potter family, Linwood Dyer Collection, Identified Photographs, 19th century photography, historical photographs, ambrotype, Faces from the Past, tintype, Portland Maine, Black Point Cemetery, Scarborough Maine, Libby family, Small family
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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
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
Posted in Scarborough Schools, Scarborough Maine, school photographs, Black Point School, Pine Point School, Dunstan Grammar School, Oak Hill School, White School, early 20th century education, local history, SHS collections,, SHS Photo Collection, Faces from the Past, Educational Archives
Tagged Black Point School, school photographs, SHS collections, local history, Dunstan Grammar School, early 20th century education, Pine Point School, Oak Hill School, Scarborough Maine, White School
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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
Posted in Maine History, Scarborough Historical Society and Museum, SHS Photo Collection, Maine High Schools, Genealogy Research, Faces from the Past
Tagged Scarborough Maine, Newton Curtis, Patricia Sweeney, Albert Daggett, Maine genealogy, Alan McCluskey, road rake inventor, Deering High School, unidentified photos, historical portraits, SHS Photo Collection 2025, yearbook research, Find A Grave connections, Falmouth High School, Westbrook High School
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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
Posted in Portland History, Scarborough Historical Society and Museum, High School Yearbooks, Maine High Schools, Faces from the Past
Tagged Westbrook High School, Portland Maine, Loring Studio, Vantine’s Studio, Jean Goddard, Harold Pendexter, Deering High School, Sally Jean Simpson, Richard Mottram, yearbook photos, Portland High School, 1970s, 1950s, 1960s
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