Category Archives: History

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

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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.
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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

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Preserving Legacies: Blackstone, Bourgoin, Johnston, Skillings, & Stevens

Linwood Dyer Collection (Part 069)By Don Taylor Continuing with the Linwood Dyer Photo Collection, two photos are from “High School Graduation Portraits.” I have a handful of other pictures from that group that require further work to identify, because the … Continue reading

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Portraits and Performing Arts: More High School Graduates from the 1950’s and 60’s.

Gardner, Hanson, Hunter, McLaughlin, & Somma. Linwood Dyer Collection (Part 068)By Don Taylor Continuing with the Linwood Dyer Photo Collection – “High School Graduation Portraits from the 1960s,” this entry highlights five additional portraits. These graduates represent Deering, Falmouth, Gorham, … Continue reading

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