Category Archives: Linwood Dyer Collection
Faces of the Past: Ferguson, Hamilton, O’Brien, & Sturdivant – PHS Classes 1922 & 1923
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
Posted in Portland History, Linwood Dyer Collection, Maine High Schools, Faces from the Past
Tagged Alice Maude Sturdivant, Florence Hamilton, Roger Paul Jordan, Class of 1922, Class of 1923, Elizabeth Alphonsa O’Brion, Priscella Ferguson, Linwood Dyer Collection, Adams Studio Portland, basketball history, vintage portraits, Portland High School
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Faces of the Past – Lt. Col. John S. Kidder and Harriet O. (Matteson) Kidder
Cabinet card portraits and genealogical sketches of Lt. Col. John S. Kidder (1830–1905), veteran of the 121st N.Y.V., and his wife, Harriet O. (Matteson) Kidder (c. 1836–1922), photographed at Fredricks’ Knickerbocker Family Portrait Gallery, 770 Broadway, New York, c. 1876–1891. Continue reading
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
Faces of the Past: Scarborough High School Memories from the Linwood Dyer Collection (1936–1938)
Photo FridayLinwood Dyer Photo Collection, Part 079Album 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 the photos in the album … Continue reading
Posted in Linwood Dyer Collection, Maine High Schools
Tagged Maynard Meserve, Jeanette Johnson, 1930s portraits, girls basketball, 1930s basketball, Scarborough Maine history, John Verrill, Letitia Leary, Harriet Snow, Scarborough Historical Society, Four Corners yearbook, Scarborough High School, Percy Knight, boys basketball
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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 Photo Identification, Linwood Dyer Collection, Faces from the Past
Tagged Jeanette Johnson, 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
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