Category Archives: Faces from the Past

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

Faces from the Past – Allen, Blaine, Bragdon, & Varney

Posted on October 3, 2025 by Don Taylor

Explore four remarkable photos from the Scarborough Historical Society collection, featuring Eugene Allen (SHS Class of 1938), Caroline J. Blaine of Taunton, Massachusetts, John & Georgianna Bragdon with young Orville Varney, and a house in Portland, Maine. This post uncovers the stories behind the faces and connects them with family history records. Continue reading →

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Faces from the Past – Bloomer, Brown, Curtis, Fearns, Monroe, & Rhonehart

Posted on September 26, 2025 by Don Taylor

Uncover the stories behind a 1922 group photo from the Linwood Dyer Collection featuring Annie Monroe, Ada Fearns, Kate Curtis, Mollie Bloomer, and Clarence B. Brown. Learn their histories and help connect these faces from the past with their descendants. Continue reading →

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Faces from the Past – Hinkley, Monroe, Baines, and Blair

Posted on September 19, 2025 by Don Taylor

Explore five remarkable portraits from the Linwood Dyer Collection, featuring U.S. Army Major Philip Hinkley, Maine housekeeper Annie Monroe, Edwardian sitter Ethel Baines, and 19th-century Bostonian Sarah Blair. I connect these historical photos with genealogical records and invite descendants to rediscover their roots Continue reading →

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Faces of the Past: Ferguson, Hamilton, O’Brien, & Sturdivant – PHS Classes 1922 & 1923

Posted on September 12, 2025 by Don Taylor

Explore rare portraits of Portland High School students from the Classes of 1922–1923, including Priscella Ferguson, Florence Hamilton, Elizabeth Alphonsa O’Brion, and Alice Maude Sturdivant. These images, preserved in the Linwood Dyer Collection, reveal student life, friendships, and athletics in early 20th-century Portland, Maine. Continue reading →

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Faces of the Past – Lt. Col. John S. Kidder and Harriet O. (Matteson) Kidder

Posted on September 5, 2025 by Don Taylor

Cabinet card portraits and genealogical sketches of Lt. Col. John S. Kidder (1830–1905), veteran of the 121st N.Y.V., and his wife, Harriet O. (Matteson) Kidder (c. 1836–1922), photographed at Fredricks’ Knickerbocker Family Portrait Gallery, 770 Broadway, New York, c. 1876–1891. Continue reading →

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