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Category Archives: Family Photo Research
Faces from the Past: Hinkley, Prindle & Welch
In this installment of Faces from the Past, I examine five portraits from a single family album in the Linwood Dyer Collection at the Scarborough Historical Society. The subjects span four generations of the Hinkley and Prindle families of Scarborough, Maine, and Whitehall, New York — from painted likenesses of James Lonson Prindle (1802–1851) and his wife Eunice (Welch) Prindle (1810–1895), made in the early 1840s, to a World War I military portrait of Philip Edward Hinkley (1881–1962). The album also includes a later cabinet card of Eunice in old age, taken by the Portland photographer Lamson between 1871 and 1880, which allows a remarkable comparison across three decades. The identity of a fifth portrait, inscribed simply “Grandfather Hinkley,” remains an open question pending further research. Continue reading
Posted in Photo Identification, Scarborough Historical Society and Museum, Linwood Dyer Collection, Faces from the Past
Tagged Linwood Dyer Collection, Marion Hinkley, Margaret Cogswell Kinney, cabinet card, Whitehall New York, Scarborough Historical Society, 19th Century Genealogy, Prindle family, World War I, New England genealogy, photograph of a painting, Photo Identification, Philip Edward Hinkley, Welch family, Faces from the Past, New York genealogy, Scarborough Maine, Victorian photography, American Expeditionary Forces, James Lonson Prindle, Lamson Portland Maine, Hinkley family, Maine genealogy, Eunice Welch Prindle
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Faces and Places of the Kinney Family, 1933–1939
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
Posted in Photo Identification, Maine History, Linwood Dyer Collection
Tagged historic trolleys, Eastman Negative Album, Margaret Kinney, Louise Kinney, Mildred Goudy, 1930s Maine, Portland Head Light, Portland Maine, Ship Channel Road, Scarborough Historical Society, Philip Edward Hinkley, South Portland Maine, Linwood Dyer Collection, Maine maritime history
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Faces from the Past – Catlin, Hinkley, & Kinney
This installment from the Linwood Dyer Collection highlights early 20th-century photographs of the Kinney, Hinkley, and Catlin families. Drawn from an Eastman Negative Album, these images document a wedding, family portraits, and ancestral connections, offering descendants a rare visual link to their Portland, Maine heritage. Continue reading
Faces and Stories from the Shirley (Darling) Howell Collection.
This installment highlights newly identified individuals from the Shirley Darling Howell Collection, including members of the Darling, McAllister, Lane, and Huber families. Drawing on photos from several family albums, the article places each person back into historical context, reconnecting treasured images with the stories behind them. Continue reading
Posted in Photo Identification, Darling-Huber, Genealogy Research, Photo Collections
Tagged immigrant families, Washington DC history, Genealogy Research, Darling family, Huber, Huber family, Family History, Kemon family, Photo Identification, Shirley Darling Howell Collection, McAllister Family, Saginaw genealogy, Lane Family, Pittsburgh genealogy, Alabama genealogy
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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 Scarborough Historical Society and Museum, Photo Identification, Maine History, Faces from the Past
Tagged Class of 1933, Jodi Lerman, Class of 1963, Scarborough High School, Mary Pederson, Class of 1969, Sharon Michaud, Margaret Palladino, The Albert Studio, Maine High Schools, Ancestry Research, Loring Studios, Deering High School, Jackson Studios, Class of 1927, Maine Yearbooks, Gorham High School, Portland Maine Photographers, SHS Photo Collection, Class of 1971, Susan Rosen
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