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Category Archives: Photo Collections
Vintage Photos – Five unidentified images from Maine, Massachusetts, and England
This first installment of “Vintage Photos” features five intriguing historic images: a Cornish store staff, a Dover-Jackman teamster, a Boston grocery interior, an English public house, and a Lewiston studio portrait. Each offers clues to everyday life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries while inviting further identification. Continue reading
Posted in Vintage Photos, Photo Collections
Tagged Walkers Warrington Ales, unidentified portraits, general stores, C.A. Smith Photo Co, Allston Massachusetts, Boston history, Lewiston Maine, Cornish Maine, historic pubs, Colpitts & Co, Pendleton Salford, Dover Maine, Commercial Photo Co
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Faces from the Past – Curtis, Daggett, McCluskey, & Sweeney
This installment of “Faces From the Past” highlights four portraits with successful identifications: Alan McCluskey of Falmouth High School (1969), Newton Curtis of Westbrook High School (1936), Patricia Sweeney of Deering High School (1951), and Albert Daggett of Strong, Maine, inventor of the road rake. Yearbooks, newspapers, and memorial records confirm each story and connect these images to local history. Continue reading
Posted in Maine History, Scarborough Historical Society and Museum, Faces from the Past, SHS Photo Collection, Genealogy Research, Maine High Schools
Tagged Albert Daggett, Maine genealogy, Alan McCluskey, road rake inventor, Deering High School, unidentified photos, historical portraits, SHS Photo Collection 2025, yearbook research, Find A Grave connections, Falmouth High School, Westbrook High School, Scarborough Maine, Newton Curtis, Patricia Sweeney
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Faces from the Past – Aceto, Bliss, Bourgeois & McNally
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
Posted in Scarborough Historical Society and Museum, Faces from the Past, Linwood Dyer Collection, Portland History
Tagged Joan Aceto, Anne Carolyn Bourgeois, Scarborough Historical Society, Jean P McNally, Family History, High School Yearbooks, 1950s, 1960s, Judith Bliss, Deering High School, Vantines Studio, Portland High School, St. Joseph’s Academy
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Faces from the Past – Palladino, Pederson, Lerman, Michaud, & Rosen
Five portraits from the Scarborough Historical Society Photo Collection—Mary Pederson (Scarborough HS, 1927), Margaret Palladino (Gorham Normal School, 1933), Susan Rosen (Deering HS, 1963), Jodi Lerman (Deering HS, 1971), and Sharon Michaud (Gorham HS, 1969)—are explored through studio details and genealogical research connecting each image to its history. Continue reading
Posted in Faces from the Past, Photo Identification, Maine History, Scarborough Historical Society and Museum, Maine High Schools
Tagged Sharon Michaud, Margaret Palladino, Ancestry Research, The Albert Studio, Deering High School, Loring Studios, Jackson Studios, Class of 1927, Maine Yearbooks, Gorham High School, Portland Maine Photographers, SHS Photo Collection, Class of 1971, Susan Rosen, Class of 1933, Scarborough High School, Jodi Lerman, Class of 1963, Mary Pederson, Class of 1969
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Faces from the Past – Bessey Graduates 1954, Dunstan Students, c.1952, Libby, & Wood.
Explore the Scarborough Historical Society’s photo collection featuring Scarborough High School graduates of 1954, early 1950s Dunstan School students, and portraits of Perley Britt Wood and Carol Libby. Join family historian Don Taylor in uncovering these faces from Maine’s past and connecting them with their descendants. Continue reading
Posted in Scarborough Historical Society and Museum, Faces from the Past, Maine History, SHS Photo Collection, Maine High Schools, Genealogy Research
Tagged Scarborough Historical Society, SHS Photo Collection, Scarborough High School, Bessey School, Dunstan Grammar School, Scarborough Maine, Dunstan School, Carol Ann Libby, Perley Britt Wood, Maine genealogy, 1950s school photos, historical photography
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