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Monthly Archives: April 2024
Photo Friday – LaMontagne (née Thibodeau) (later Landry & Lefebvre) & Sampson.
Linwood Dyer Collection – Part 011By Don Taylor This week, for Photo Friday, I identified the people in four photos from the Linwood Dyer Collection. This collection includes hundreds of photos, documents, and genealogies of people who lived in Scarborough … Continue reading
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Tagged Genealogy, LaMontagne, Landry, Lefebvre, PhotoID, Sampson, Thibodeau
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Photo Friday – Britt, Butterfield, & Eddy
This week, I identified four of five people from the Linwood Dyer Collection:
• John Manning Britt, Jr.
• Dr. Everett H. Butterfield.
• Lynnford Butterfield.
• Fannie Butterfield Eddy. Continue reading
Posted in Linwood Dyer Collection, Photo Friday, SHS Photo Collection
Tagged Britt, Butterfield, Eddy, Genealogy, Illinois, North Yarmouth, Ottawa, PhotoID
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Timothy Daly (1867-1923)
Timothy Daly, born in 1867 in County Cork, Ireland, arrived in Boston in 1882 at the young age of 15. This emigration was part of a larger wave following the Great Famine (1845-1851) and the Land War, which created harsh economic conditions in Ireland. Like many others, Timothy sought opportunity in the United States. He eventually settled in Biddeford, Maine, where he would live the rest of his life. Continue reading
Five Bragdon Photos
This week, I identified photos of four children of George and Minnie Bragdon of Westbrook:
Elsie Louise Bragdon, 1919;
Evelyn Ardelia Bragdon, circa 1923
Philip Osgood Bragdon, circa 1929.
Harold Bragdon, circa 1918. Continue reading
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Tagged Bragdon, Genealogy, Maine, PhotoID, Westbrook
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Donna & Riviera Theatre – In the News – 10 Apr 1925
In 1925, Donna Darling’s show was at the Riviera Theatre in Anderson, Indiana. Noted in the Anderson Herald for her beauty and talents, Donna’s troupe, selected from California studios, performed varied acts, including dance and comedy. The show, praised for its impressive stage design and wholesome entertainment, added to Donna’s vaudeville career history. Continue reading
