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Category Archives: Photo Collections
Faces from the Past: Scarborough School Students, 1916–1952
Four school photographs from the Scarborough Historical Society collection document students from Black Point, Pine Point, Dunstan Grammar, and Scarborough High School between 1916 and 1952. Using inscriptions, town reports, census records, and visual evidence, these images reveal changing classrooms, familiar surnames, and faces still waiting to be identified. Continue reading
Posted in Scarborough Schools, Scarborough Maine, school photographs, Black Point School, Pine Point School, Dunstan Grammar School, Oak Hill School, White School, early 20th century education, local history, SHS collections,, Faces from the Past, SHS Photo Collection, Educational Archives
Tagged Dunstan Grammar School, early 20th century education, Pine Point School, Oak Hill School, Scarborough Maine, White School, Black Point School, school photographs, SHS collections, local history
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Faces and Places of the Kinney Family, 1933–1939
This installment of the Linwood D. Dyer Collection highlights family photographs connected to Margaret Kinney of Portland, Maine, taken between 1933 and 1939. The images document relatives, residences, and familiar landmarks—including Portland Head Light, a Portland trolley, and the harbor vessel Mildred Goudy—preserved today by the Scarborough Historical Society. Continue reading
Posted in Linwood Dyer Collection, Photo Identification, Maine History
Tagged Mildred Goudy, 1930s Maine, Portland Head Light, Portland Maine, Ship Channel Road, Scarborough Historical Society, Philip Edward Hinkley, South Portland Maine, Linwood Dyer Collection, Maine maritime history, historic trolleys, Eastman Negative Album, Margaret Kinney, Louise Kinney
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Faces from the Past – Catlin, Hinkley, & Kinney
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
Faces and Stories from the Shirley (Darling) Howell Collection.
This installment highlights newly identified individuals from the Shirley Darling Howell Collection, including members of the Darling, McAllister, Lane, and Huber families. Drawing on photos from several family albums, the article places each person back into historical context, reconnecting treasured images with the stories behind them. Continue reading
Posted in Darling, Huber, Photo Identification, Genealogy Research, Photo Collections
Tagged Darling family, Family History, Huber family, Photo Identification, Kemon family, McAllister Family, Shirley Darling Howell Collection, Lane Family, Saginaw genealogy, Pittsburgh genealogy, Alabama genealogy, immigrant families, Washington DC history, Genealogy Research
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