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Category Archives: History
Faces of the Past: Ferguson, Hamilton, O’Brien, & Sturdivant – PHS Classes 1922 & 1923
Explore rare portraits of Portland High School students from the Classes of 1922–1923, including Priscella Ferguson, Florence Hamilton, Elizabeth Alphonsa O’Brion, and Alice Maude Sturdivant. These images, preserved in the Linwood Dyer Collection, reveal student life, friendships, and athletics in early 20th-century Portland, Maine. Continue reading
Posted in Linwood Dyer Collection, Portland History, Faces from the Past, Maine High Schools
Tagged Priscella Ferguson, Linwood Dyer Collection, Adams Studio Portland, basketball history, vintage portraits, Portland High School, Alice Maude Sturdivant, Florence Hamilton, Roger Paul Jordan, Class of 1922, Class of 1923, Elizabeth Alphonsa O’Brion
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Faces of the Past: Margaret and Louise Kinney
Photo FridayLinwood Dyer Photo Collection, Part 081Album 2025.02.36.By Don Taylor As part of my ongoing work with family photographs, I’ve reviewed and enhanced several portraits of the Kinney family. These images open small windows into the past, capturing not only … Continue reading
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 High Schools
Tagged Scarborough Maine history, John Verrill, Letitia Leary, Harriet Snow, Scarborough Historical Society, Four Corners yearbook, Scarborough High School, Percy Knight, boys basketball, Maynard Meserve, Jeanette Johnson, 1930s portraits, girls basketball, 1930s basketball
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Preserving Legacies: Portland High School Students of 1918 & 1919.
Five photos of Portland High School (Maine) students from 1918 & 1919:
Mary Elizabeth Cook, PHS Class of 1919.
Eli Charles Livingston, PHS Class of 1919.
Florence Neal Trott, PHS Class of 1918.
Ruth W Tucker, PHS Class of 1919.
“Little Eva”, PHS Class of 1918, Continue reading
Portland High School Students of 1918 (Part 1).
“Portland High School Students of 1918 (Part 1),” showcases 18 graduation portraits from the Linwood Dyer Collection, taken at Adams Studio in Portland, Maine. Through inscriptions and a 1918 newspaper listing graduates, Taylor identifies students like Lucille Brackett and Herbert Manchester, preserving their legacies Continue reading
