Category Archives: Linwood Dyer Collection

Faces from the Past – Catlin, Hinkley, & Kinney

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Don Taylor

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 →

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Faces from the Past – Aceto, Bliss, Bourgeois & McNally

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Don Taylor

Explore four portraits from the Linwood Dyer Photo Collection, featuring Jean McNally, Joan Aceto, Judith Bliss, and Anne Carolyn Bourgeois. Learn about their school years, family backgrounds, and local ties as we work to reconnect these cherished photographs with descendants. Continue reading →

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Faces from the Past – Bloomer, Brown, Curtis, Fearns, Monroe, & Rhonehart

Posted on September 26, 2025 by Don Taylor

Uncover the stories behind a 1922 group photo from the Linwood Dyer Collection featuring Annie Monroe, Ada Fearns, Kate Curtis, Mollie Bloomer, and Clarence B. Brown. Learn their histories and help connect these faces from the past with their descendants. Continue reading →

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Faces from the Past – Hinkley, Monroe, Baines, and Blair

Posted on September 19, 2025 by Don Taylor

Explore five remarkable portraits from the Linwood Dyer Collection, featuring U.S. Army Major Philip Hinkley, Maine housekeeper Annie Monroe, Edwardian sitter Ethel Baines, and 19th-century Bostonian Sarah Blair. I connect these historical photos with genealogical records and invite descendants to rediscover their roots Continue reading →

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Faces of the Past: Ferguson, Hamilton, O’Brien, & Sturdivant – PHS Classes 1922 & 1923

Posted on September 12, 2025 by Don Taylor

Explore rare portraits of Portland High School students from the Classes of 1922–1923, including Priscella Ferguson, Florence Hamilton, Elizabeth Alphonsa O’Brion, and Alice Maude Sturdivant. These images, preserved in the Linwood Dyer Collection, reveal student life, friendships, and athletics in early 20th-century Portland, Maine. Continue reading →

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