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Category Archives: Faces from the Past
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
Posted in Linwood Dyer Collection, Faces from the Past
Tagged Charles Burnham, Linwood Dyer Collection, Cape Elizabeth genealogy, Scarborough Maine history, Maine tintypes, Portland Maine Photographers, E. S. Wormell, Seth L Plummer, Nellie Plummer Roberts, carte de visite, Daniel W Plummer, Susan Stone Plummer, Lydia Libby Plummer, Alvin C Roberts
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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
Posted in Linwood Dyer Collection, Faces from the Past
Tagged Plummer family, Hunnewell family, Cumberland County Maine, 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
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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
Posted in Linwood Dyer Collection, Faces from the Past
Tagged Scarborough Maine, Libby family, Small family, Potter family, Linwood Dyer Collection, Identified Photographs, 19th century photography, historical photographs, ambrotype, Faces from the Past, tintype, Portland Maine, Black Point Cemetery
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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, SHS Photo Collection, Faces from the Past, Educational Archives
Tagged White School, Scarborough Maine, Black Point School, school photographs, SHS collections, local history, Dunstan Grammar School, early 20th century education, Pine Point School, Oak Hill School
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