Category Archives: Linwood Dyer Collection
LDC Stills, Part 1: Five 1930s Paramount Stars
A look at five original 1930s Paramount Pictures movie stills from the Linwood Dyer Collection, featuring glamour portraits of Mary Carlisle, Marsha Hunt, Gail Patrick, Shirley Ross, and Gladys Swarthout — with brief biographical notes on each actress.Linw Continue reading
Faces from the Past – Clifford, Dana, Jordan, & Kinney
The Scarborough Historical Society’s Linwood Dyer Collection holds a remarkable family album connecting Portland and Cape Elizabeth families across three generations. Through studio portraits, wedding photographs, newspaper clippings, and a vivid 1927 memoir, we trace the Hinkley, Dana, and Clifford families from Thanksgiving gatherings in 1860s Gorham, Maine, to the elegant Portland weddings of 1939. Continue reading
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Faces from the Past – Hinkley, & Kinney
In this installment of Faces from the Past, I examine five identified portraits and six unidentified photographs from the Hinkley Family Photographs album in the Linwood Dyer Collection. Spanning roughly forty years of Hinkley and Kinney family history. These images offer a glimpse into the lives of two interconnected Portland-area families. Among the portraits: a young soldier photographed for his sister just weeks after America entered the First World War, two little sisters sharing a book at a parlor table, and a pair of confident young women on the eve of their futures. Do you recognize any of the unidentified faces? Continue reading
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