Tag Archives: 1930s Maine

Faces from the Past – Clifford, Dana, Jordan, & Kinney

The Scarborough Historical Society’s Linwood Dyer Collection holds a remarkable family album connecting Portland and Cape Elizabeth families across three generations. Through studio portraits, wedding photographs, newspaper clippings, and a vivid 1927 memoir, we trace the Hinkley, Dana, and Clifford families from Thanksgiving gatherings in 1860s Gorham, Maine, to the elegant Portland weddings of 1939. Continue reading

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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

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