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Category Archives: Photo Identification
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 1930s Summer Photos, Cabin Life, Marian Wood, Albert Sewell, Jeanette Johnson, Family History, Vintage Maine Photography, Scarborough High School, Geneva Plowman, Depression-Era Youth, Identified Photographs, Maine genealogy, Historical Snapshots, Student Life
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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
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
New Faces from the 1960s: High School Graduation Photos
Chadbourne, Chapman, Hague, Kilmartin, & Regan. Linwood Dyer Collection (Part 067)By Don Taylor As I neared the end of the Willis Skillin Graduation Album, I found that the remaining images were, unfortunately, unlabeled and don’t appear to be student portraits, … Continue reading
Posted in Maine History, Portland History, Faces from the Past, Linwood Dyer Collection, High School Yearbooks, Photo Identification, Standish History, 1960s Genealogy, Family Photo Research, Educational Archives
Tagged graduation photos, Deering High School, Maine high school history, Cathedral High School, Portland Maine, photo genealogy, Scarborough Historical Society, Bonny Eagle High School, 1960s graduates, Three Arts Studio
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Uncovering the Faces of Deering High (part 3)
A 19th-Century Photo Album to Reunite Families Across Generations Davis, Hayes, Hill, Hooper, & Skillin Historic Photo Albums and Family ReunionsBy Don Taylor In the dusty pages of a well-preserved 19th-century photo album, the students of Deering High School, Portland, … Continue reading
