Category Archives: Maine History

Faces & Places From the Past – Libby, Merrill, Young, and Portland Construction

Posted on January 20, 2026 by Don Taylor

Four historic photographs from the Linwood Dyer Collection reveal Scarborough residents, a 1920s vaudeville performer, and a Portland landmark in transition, carefully researched and dated by the Scarborough Historical Society. Continue reading →

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Photos from the Past – New England Scenes & a Scarborough Graduate.

Posted on December 21, 2025 by Don Taylor

A look at four historic photographs from the Scarborough Historical Society’s Photo Collection—three depicting 19th-century locations in Maine and Massachusetts, and one a Scarborough High School graduate from the Class of 1961. Together, these images illustrate the breadth of the Society’s photographic holdings and the stories they continue to tell. Continue reading →

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Faces and Places of the Kinney Family, 1933–1939

Posted on December 14, 2025 by Don Taylor

This installment of the Linwood D. Dyer Collection highlights family photographs connected to Margaret Kinney of Portland, Maine, taken between 1933 and 1939. The images document relatives, residences, and familiar landmarks—including Portland Head Light, a Portland trolley, and the harbor vessel Mildred Goudy—preserved today by the Scarborough Historical Society. Continue reading →

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Faces from the Past – Curtis, Daggett, McCluskey, & Sweeney

Posted on November 21, 2025 by Don Taylor

This installment of “Faces From the Past” highlights four portraits with successful identifications: Alan McCluskey of Falmouth High School (1969), Newton Curtis of Westbrook High School (1936), Patricia Sweeney of Deering High School (1951), and Albert Daggett of Strong, Maine, inventor of the road rake. Yearbooks, newspapers, and memorial records confirm each story and connect these images to local history. Continue reading →

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Faces from the Past – Goddard, Mottram, Pendexter, & Simpson

Posted on November 14, 2025 by Don Taylor

Explore four portraits from the Scarborough Historical Society’s photo archives—Harold Pendexter, Richard Mottram, Jean Goddard, and Sally Jean Simpson—captured by Portland’s Loring Studio and Vantine’s Studio between 1947 and 1973. Don Taylor traces their high school roots and family connections through Deering, Portland, and Westbrook yearbooks. Continue reading →

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