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Category Archives: Family Photo Research
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
Summer with the Dolloffs – Family and Friends, 1938
In the summer of 1938, the Dolloff family and friends enjoyed archery in the yard, swimsuits at the beach, and quiet days at a woodland cottage. These snapshots capture Eva and Ken Dolloff, Jeanette Johnson, and their circle in relaxed moments of leisure. With handwritten identifications and period fashion, the photos provide a vivid glimpse into family life and social ties of the late 1930s. Continue reading
Scarborough Students’ Summer Fun – 1930s Style.
Photo FridayThe Linwood Dyer Photo Collection, Part 078Album 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 of the images … Continue reading
Posted in Faces from the Past, Linwood Dyer Collection, Photo Identification
Tagged Family History, Vintage Maine Photography, Scarborough High School, Geneva Plowman, Depression-Era Youth, Identified Photographs, Maine genealogy, Historical Snapshots, Student Life, 1930s Summer Photos, Cabin Life, Marian Wood, Albert Sewell, Jeanette Johnson
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Donna and the Bathing Beauties: Uncovering My Grandmother’s Vaudeville Ties
Discover how a family letter and old vaudeville photos help piece together my grandmother’s days as one of Mack Sennett’s Bathing Beauties — and her possible connections with Helen Kane and Stuart Erwin. 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
