Tag Archives: Scarborough Historical Society
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 from the Past – Aceto, Bliss, Bourgeois & McNally
Explore four portraits from the Linwood Dyer Photo Collection, featuring Jean McNally, Joan Aceto, Judith Bliss, and Anne Carolyn Bourgeois. Learn about their school years, family backgrounds, and local ties as we work to reconnect these cherished photographs with descendants. Continue reading
Posted in Scarborough Historical Society and Museum, Linwood Dyer Collection, Maine History, Faces from the Past
Tagged Joan Aceto, Anne Carolyn Bourgeois, Scarborough Historical Society, Jean P McNally, Family History, High School Yearbooks, 1950s, 1960s, Judith Bliss, Deering High School, Vantines Studio, Portland History, Portland High School, St. Joseph’s Academy
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Faces from the Past – Bessey Graduates 1954, Dunstan Students, c.1952, Libby, & Wood.
Explore the Scarborough Historical Society’s photo collection featuring Scarborough High School graduates of 1954, early 1950s Dunstan School students, and portraits of Perley Britt Wood and Carol Libby. Join family historian Don Taylor in uncovering these faces from Maine’s past and connecting them with their descendants. Continue reading
Posted in Scarborough Historical Society and Museum, Maine History, SHS Photo Collection, Genealogy Research, Faces from the Past
Tagged 1950s school photos, Maine genealogy, Maine High Schools, historical photography, SHS Photo Collection, Scarborough Historical Society, Bessey School, Scarborough High School, Dunstan Grammar School, Dunstan School, Scarborough Maine, Carol Ann Libby, Perley Britt Wood
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Faces from the Past – Hodgkins, Howatt, Hurd, Johnson, & Sullivan
Explore five portraits from the Scarborough Historical Society’s photo collection, featuring Frank Hodgkins, Helene Howatt, Niels Johnson, Van or William Hurd, and Robert Leland Sullivan. Each image reveals fascinating insights into Maine’s people—from Civil War officers to 1938 Scarborough High graduates—and invites descendants to reconnect with their family history. Continue reading
Posted in Scarborough Historical Society and Museum, Maine History, SHS Photo Collection, Genealogy Research, Faces from the Past
Tagged Van L. Hurd, William L. Hurd, Helene Howatt, Portland Maine History, Roger Paul Jordan, Maine Photographers, SHS Photo Collection, 1938 Four Corners Yearbook, Niels Johnson, Scarborough Historical Society, Colpitts & Co., Scarborough High School, Frank Hodgkins, Robert Leland Sullivan
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Faces of the Past: Scarborough High School Memories from the Linwood Dyer Collection (1936–1938)
Photo FridayLinwood Dyer Photo Collection, Part 079Album 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 the photos in the album … Continue reading
Posted in Linwood Dyer Collection, Maine History
Tagged Harriet Snow, Scarborough Historical Society, Four Corners yearbook, Scarborough High School, Percy Knight, boys basketball, Maynard Meserve, Jeanette Johnson, 1930s portraits, girls basketball, Maine High Schools, 1930s basketball, Scarborough Maine history, John Verrill, Letitia Leary
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