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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
Posted in Faces from the Past, Linwood Dyer Collection, Photo Identification, Scarborough Historical Society and Museum
Tagged 19th Century Genealogy, American Expeditionary Forces, cabinet card, Eunice Welch Prindle, Faces from the Past, Hinkley family, James Lonson Prindle, Lamson Portland Maine, Linwood Dyer Collection, Maine genealogy, Margaret Cogswell Kinney, Marion Hinkley, New England genealogy, New York genealogy, Philip Edward Hinkley, Photo Identification, photograph of a painting, Prindle family, Scarborough Historical Society, Scarborough Maine, Victorian photography, Welch family, Whitehall New York, World War I
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Faces from the Past – Catlin, Hinkley, & Kinney
This installment from the Linwood Dyer Collection highlights early 20th-century photographs of the Kinney, Hinkley, and Catlin families. Drawn from an Eastman Negative Album, these images document a wedding, family portraits, and ancestral connections, offering descendants a rare visual link to their Portland, Maine heritage. Continue reading
Faces and Stories from the Shirley (Darling) Howell Collection.
This installment highlights newly identified individuals from the Shirley Darling Howell Collection, including members of the Darling, McAllister, Lane, and Huber families. Drawing on photos from several family albums, the article places each person back into historical context, reconnecting treasured images with the stories behind them. Continue reading
Posted in Photo Identification, Darling-Huber, Genealogy Research, Photo Collections
Tagged Darling family, Huber, Huber family, Family History, Kemon family, Photo Identification, Shirley Darling Howell Collection, McAllister Family, Saginaw genealogy, Lane Family, Pittsburgh genealogy, Alabama genealogy, immigrant families, Washington DC history, Genealogy Research
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Preserving Legacies: Blackstone, Bourgoin, Johnston, Skillings, & Stevens
Linwood Dyer Collection (Part 069)By Don Taylor Continuing with the Linwood Dyer Photo Collection, two photos are from “High School Graduation Portraits.” I have a handful of other pictures from that group that require further work to identify, because the … Continue reading
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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