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Faces from the Past – Hinkley, & Kinney
In this installment of Faces from the Past, I examine five identified portraits and six unidentified photographs from the Hinkley Family Photographs album in the Linwood Dyer Collection. Spanning roughly forty years of Hinkley and Kinney family history. These images offer a glimpse into the lives of two interconnected Portland-area families. Among the portraits: a young soldier photographed for his sister just weeks after America entered the First World War, two little sisters sharing a book at a parlor table, and a pair of confident young women on the eve of their futures. Do you recognize any of the unidentified faces? Continue reading
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Faces from the Past: Hinkley, Prindle & Welch
In this installment of Faces from the Past, I examine five portraits from a single family album in the Linwood Dyer Collection at the Scarborough Historical Society. The subjects span four generations of the Hinkley and Prindle families of Scarborough, Maine, and Whitehall, New York — from painted likenesses of James Lonson Prindle (1802–1851) and his wife Eunice (Welch) Prindle (1810–1895), made in the early 1840s, to a World War I military portrait of Philip Edward Hinkley (1881–1962). The album also includes a later cabinet card of Eunice in old age, taken by the Portland photographer Lamson between 1871 and 1880, which allows a remarkable comparison across three decades. The identity of a fifth portrait, inscribed simply “Grandfather Hinkley,” remains an open question pending further research. Continue reading
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Tagged Lamson Portland Maine, Hinkley family, Maine genealogy, Eunice Welch Prindle, Linwood Dyer Collection, Marion Hinkley, Margaret Cogswell Kinney, cabinet card, Whitehall New York, Scarborough Historical Society, 19th Century Genealogy, Prindle family, World War I, New England genealogy, photograph of a painting, Photo Identification, Philip Edward Hinkley, Welch family, Faces from the Past, New York genealogy, Scarborough Maine, Victorian photography, American Expeditionary Forces, James Lonson Prindle
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Unidentified Faces – Dyer, Libby, and Six Unlabeled Women
Linwood Dyer Collection, Part 097By Don Taylor IntroductionThe Scarborough Historical Society maintains several important photographic collections documenting people, places, and events. In this installment of Faces from the Past, I examine eight more photographs from the Linwood Dyer Collection. Sadly, … Continue reading
Posted in Maine Genealogy, Linwood Dyer Collection, Faces from the Past
Tagged Cumberland County Maine, Dyer family, Scarborough Historical Society, Jackson & Kinney, Cape Elizabeth Maine, Maine genealogy, Cabinet Cards, Linwood Dyer Collection, Portland Maine Photographers, Faces from the Past, Libby family
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Faces from the Past – Cole, Dyer, Hersey, Quimby, & Sawyer
This installment of Faces from the Past examines five photographs from the Linwood Dyer Collection. Through inscriptions, studio imprints, and genealogical research, several individuals connected to the extended Dyer family of Cape Elizabeth and Portland, Maine, can be identified, including Brainard Dyer, Eleanor B. (Dyer) Cole, Henry Hersey, Mary Weeks (Quimby) Dyer, and Eva Beatrice Sawyer. Continue reading
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Tagged Dyer family, Sawyer family, South Portland Maine history, Cape Elizabeth Maine families, Maine genealogy, H M Smith photographer Portland Maine, Quimby family, Cabinet Cards, Lamson photographer Portland Maine, Linwood Dyer Collection, Portland Maine Photographers, Cole family, Hersey family
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