Category Archives: Linwood Dyer Collection
Uncovering the Faces of Deering High (Part 4):
In this latest post, I explore more remarkable portraits from a 19th-century Deering High School album, featuring students with surnames like Coffin, Johnson, Skillin, and Trufant. Could one of these individuals be your ancestor? Read more and help reconnect these faces with their families. Continue reading
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Tagged Genealogy, Deering High, Portland Maine, Cabinet Cards, Scarborough Historical Society, Historical Photos, Family History, Victorian Era, Photo Identification, Dead Fred, FamilySearch, Ancestry Research, Coffin Family, Trufant, Skillin, Linwood Dyer Collection, Maine genealogy
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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
Willis Skillin Graduation Photo Album – Part 02
Child, Hewitt, Lowe, Sturdivant, & Wilson Photo Friday – 2025.02.22Portland, MaineBy Don Taylor Introduction This treasured artifact from the Linwood D. Dyer Photo Collection contains 32 pages of historical photographs, primarily cabinet cards, plus one loose photograph. Not all pages … Continue reading
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Tagged 1890s, HistoricalAlbums, PhotoIdentification, PhotoPreservation, MaineGenealogyResources, ClassOf1893, LongfellowGallery, Child, ScarboroughHistoricalSociety, Hewitt, MaineHistory, Lowe, DeeringHighSchool, Sturdivant, Wilson, AncestorPortraits, GenealogyResearch, FamilyHistory, CabinetCards, PortlandMaine, AncestryResearch
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Willis Skillin Graduation Photo Album – Part 01
Adams, Coffin, James, Russell, & Stevens Photo FridayLDC Part 063Portland, MaineScarborough, MaineBy Don Taylor This treasured artifact from the Linwood D. Dyer Photo Collection[i] contains 32 pages of historical photographs, primarily cabinet cards, plus one loose photograph. Not all pages … Continue reading
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Tagged Adams, Russell, Stevens, Coffin, James, Maine, Scarborough, Portland
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Photo Friday – The Linwood Dyer Collection, Part 062
Dyer, Purington 2025.02.10By Don Taylor I returned to reviewing the white, 3-ring binder labeled “South Portland” (2025.02.10) from the Linwood Dyer Photo Collection. These people lived in Cape Elizabeth & South Portland, Maine. I hope to connect these historical photos … Continue reading
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Tagged Maine, South Portland, Dyer, Perrington
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