Faces from the Past – Bridges, Brown, Fielding, Harrison, Pedneault, and Four Jack Jr. HS Students

SHS Photo Collection – Part 002
By Don Taylor

The Scarborough Historical Society has an extensive collection of photos featuring various individuals. Today, I look at five photos from that collection.

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Annie B Harrison, c. 1895-1898.

Photographer: Lamson, 5 Temple St., Portland, Me,
Inscription: Annie B Harrison, Machiasport, Me.
Description: The image depicts a young woman in her late teens or early twenties. The portrait is vignetted, which was used in the late 1880s and 1890s.
Research:

• Lamson Photographic Studio operated at 5 Temple St from approximately 1892 to 1905.
• Based on Lamson, photo type, and the woman’s clothing and hairstyle, estimate the date circa 1892 to 1898.
• The 1900 US Census lists Annie Harrison, who was born in July 1876 in New Brunswick. She arrived in the US in 1895. She lived at 13 Pearl, about 4 blocks (0.3 miles) from Lamson Photography.

I added this photo to SHS Photos – 2025 on Ancestry.com.

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William Fielding, SHS Class 1938

Photographer: Unidentified
Inscription: William Fielding ‘38
Description: An apparent high school graduation photo of a young man.
Research:

• The Scarborough High School Yearbook, The Four Corners, shows the same photo of William James Fielding, Jr. “Billy” was born November 23, 1920

I added this photo to SHS Photos – 2025 on Ancestry.com.

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Mable Evelyn Bridges – West Brooklin, Maine

Photographer: Unidentified
Inscription: Mable Evelyn Bridges – West Brooklin, Maine, June 1919
Description: A woman with a flower bouquet, in a white dress, in her 20s.
Research:

• Ancestry.com research revealed that Mabel was born on February 20, 1900, in Brooklyn, Hancock County, Maine.
• She married Hermann Chatto in 1921
• She died in Castine, Hancock County, Maine, on 5 Aug 1984.

I added this photo to SHS Photos – 2025 on Ancestry.com.

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Marie Louise Brown & Charles Pedneault, 1936

Photographer: Unidentified
Inscription: On back, “Taken 1936, Marie Louise Brown, Charles Pedneault.”
Description: Two people, probably in their 60s.
Research:

• The Portland Evening Express, dated October 11, 1940, reported the death of Marie Louis Brown, the wife of Charles Pedneault, in Westbrook on October 9^th. She was 71.

I added this photo to SHS Photos – 2025 on Ancestry.com and tagged it to both Marie & Charles.

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Bertalan, Buckley, Handy, & Lerman, April 1957

“Hansel & Gretel” Jack Junior High

Photographer: Unidentified
Inscription: On back in several different hands– Jean Buckley, Elliot Lerman, Ilona Berthan [sic], John Handy – J Jr H.S., and stamped Express, APR 2, 1957.
Description: This photo shows four Jack Junior High students in the play “Hansel & Gretel.” They are identified as Jean Buckley, Elliott Lerman, Ilona Bertalan, and John Handy.  The photo was taken in 1957.

Research:

• Jean Buckley graduated from Portland High School in 1961.
• Elliott A Lerman graduated from Deering High School in 1961.
• Ilona Bertalan appears in the 1961 Portland High School yearbook and went on to the University of Maine at Portland, 1965.
• John Handy graduated from Portland High School in 1961.

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I present this photo here only.

Conclusion

I would love to hear your reaction if any of these photos are of your family member. Especially if this photo is of a loved one for whom you hadn’t seen this photograph before. Ultimately, my goal is to reunite the pictures with family members who may have never seen the image.