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Category Archives: SHS Photo Collection
Faces from the Past – Eddy, Pélissier, WWI Memorial, & Oak Hill Students
Four newly digitized photographs from the Scarborough Historical Society reveal new research on the Eddy sisters, Gabrielle Pélissier, the Scarborough WWI Memorial, and a class of Oak Hill School students — can you help identify the rest? Continue reading
Posted in Maine Genealogy, Photo Identification, SHS Photo Collection
Tagged AmVets' Hall, Blanche Eddy, Cabinet Cards, Dunstan, Gabrielle Pélissier, Harry Welch, Josephine Eddy, Margaret Wright, Nancy Libbey, Oak Hill School, Ralph Sargent, Rensel Colby, Sarah Wyman, Unidentified Photographs, WWI Memorial
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Faces from the Past – Meserve, Moulton, & Poland
Five cabinet card portraits from the SHS Photo Collection offer a glimpse into the lives of Scarborough families and their descendants in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Three Scarborough subjects — Charles Moulton, Hannah Libby Meserve Moulton, and (probably) Rosile Dolley Poland of West Scarborough — are joined by Portland physician Dr. Willis Bean Moulton, grandson of Charles and Hannah, and an unidentified young man from Lewiston whose identity remains a mystery. Continue reading
Posted in Photo Identification, Maine Genealogy, SHS Photo Collection
Tagged Hannah Meserve Moulton, Johns Hopkins, Charles Moulton, Photo Collection #11, Rosile Dolley Poland, Cabinet Cards, Conaut Portland, Don Taylor genealogy, West Scarborough, Broad Turn, Scarborough Town Farm, Unidentified Photographs, Webber Brunswick, Bowdoin College, Civil War Pension, Moulton Family, Alvin Poland, Willis Bean Moulton, Colpitts Lewiston
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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, SHS Photo Collection, Faces from the Past, Educational Archives
Tagged school photographs, SHS collections, local history, Dunstan Grammar School, early 20th century education, Pine Point School, Oak Hill School, White School, Scarborough Maine, Black Point School
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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 Scarborough Historical Society and Museum, Maine History, SHS Photo Collection, Genealogy Research, History, Faces from the Past
Tagged Westbrook High School, Maine High Schools, Newton Curtis, Scarborough Maine, Patricia Sweeney, Albert Daggett, Alan McCluskey, Maine genealogy, road rake inventor, unidentified photos, Deering High School, historical portraits, SHS Photo Collection 2025, yearbook research, Find A Grave connections, Falmouth High School
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