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Category Archives: Maine History
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, Faces from the Past, Linwood Dyer Collection, Portland History
Tagged 1950s, 1960s, Judith Bliss, Deering High School, Vantines Studio, Portland High School, St. Joseph’s Academy, Joan Aceto, Anne Carolyn Bourgeois, Scarborough Historical Society, Jean P McNally, Family History, High School Yearbooks
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Faces from the Past – Palladino, Pederson, Lerman, Michaud, & Rosen
Five portraits from the Scarborough Historical Society Photo Collection—Mary Pederson (Scarborough HS, 1927), Margaret Palladino (Gorham Normal School, 1933), Susan Rosen (Deering HS, 1963), Jodi Lerman (Deering HS, 1971), and Sharon Michaud (Gorham HS, 1969)—are explored through studio details and genealogical research connecting each image to its history. Continue reading
Posted in Maine History, Scarborough Historical Society and Museum, Faces from the Past, Photo Identification, Maine High Schools
Tagged Class of 1927, Maine Yearbooks, Gorham High School, Portland Maine Photographers, SHS Photo Collection, Class of 1971, Susan Rosen, Class of 1933, Scarborough High School, Jodi Lerman, Class of 1963, Mary Pederson, Class of 1969, Sharon Michaud, Margaret Palladino, Ancestry Research, The Albert Studio, Deering High School, Loring Studios, Jackson Studios
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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 Faces from the Past, Maine History, Scarborough Historical Society and Museum, SHS Photo Collection, Genealogy Research, Maine High Schools
Tagged Dunstan Grammar School, Scarborough Maine, Dunstan School, Carol Ann Libby, Perley Britt Wood, Maine genealogy, 1950s school photos, historical photography, Scarborough Historical Society, SHS Photo Collection, Scarborough High School, Bessey School
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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, Faces from the Past, Maine History, SHS Photo Collection, Genealogy Research
Tagged Scarborough Historical Society, Colpitts & Co., Scarborough High School, Frank Hodgkins, Robert Leland Sullivan, 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
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Faces from the Past – Bridges, Brown, Fielding, Harrison, Pedneault, and Four Jack Jr. HS Students
Explore this installment of “Faces from the Past,” which features Annie B. Harrison, William Fielding, Mable Evelyn Bridges, Marie Louise Brown & Charles Pedneault, and Jack Junior High students from 1957. Reuniting these portraits with descendants keeps local history alive. Continue reading
Posted in Faces from the Past, Maine History, Genealogy Research, Maine High Schools
Tagged •, Scarborough High School, Marie Louise Brown, Charles Pedneault, Jean Buckley, Deering High School, Ilona Bertalan, Jack Junior High, John Handy, Portland High School, Elliott Lerman, Mable Evelyn Bridges, SHS Photo Collection, Annie B. Harrison, Hancock County Maine, William Fielding
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