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Category Archives: Faces from the Past
Scarborough Students’ Summer Fun – 1930s Style.
Photo FridayThe Linwood Dyer Photo Collection, Part 078Album 2023.02.05. By Don Taylor As part of my ongoing work with the Linwood Dyer Collection, I look at photos from his collection. Looking at a well-worn burgundy album, most of the images … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Identification, Linwood Dyer Collection, Faces from the Past
Tagged Family History, Vintage Maine Photography, Scarborough High School, Geneva Plowman, Depression-Era Youth, Identified Photographs, Maine genealogy, Historical Snapshots, Student Life, 1930s Summer Photos, Cabin Life, Marian Wood, Albert Sewell, Jeanette Johnson
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New Faces from the 1960s: High School Graduation Photos
Chadbourne, Chapman, Hague, Kilmartin, & Regan. Linwood Dyer Collection (Part 067)By Don Taylor As I neared the end of the Willis Skillin Graduation Album, I found that the remaining images were, unfortunately, unlabeled and don’t appear to be student portraits, … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Identification, Portland History, Linwood Dyer Collection, High School Yearbooks, Maine History, Standish History, 1960s Genealogy, Family Photo Research, Faces from the Past, Educational Archives
Tagged Scarborough Historical Society, Bonny Eagle High School, 1960s graduates, Three Arts Studio, graduation photos, Deering High School, Maine high school history, Cathedral High School, Portland Maine, photo genealogy
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Uncovering the Faces of Deering High (Part 4):
In this latest post, I explore more remarkable portraits from a 19th-century Deering High School album, featuring students with surnames like Coffin, Johnson, Skillin, and Trufant. Could one of these individuals be your ancestor? Read more and help reconnect these faces with their families. Continue reading
Posted in Linwood Dyer Collection, Willis Skillin Graduation Album, Faces from the Past
Tagged Genealogy, Deering High, Portland Maine, Cabinet Cards, Scarborough Historical Society, Historical Photos, Family History, Victorian Era, Photo Identification, Dead Fred, FamilySearch, Ancestry Research, Coffin Family, Trufant, Skillin, Linwood Dyer Collection, Maine genealogy
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Willis Skillin Graduation Photo Album – Part 01
Adams, Coffin, James, Russell, & Stevens Photo FridayLDC Part 063Portland, MaineScarborough, MaineBy Don Taylor This treasured artifact from the Linwood D. Dyer Photo Collection[i] contains 32 pages of historical photographs, primarily cabinet cards, plus one loose photograph. Not all pages … Continue reading
Posted in Linwood Dyer Collection, Faces from the Past
Tagged Maine, Scarborough, Portland, Adams, Russell, Stevens, Coffin, James
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