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Hanson Studio Graduation Portraits — Linwood Dyer Collection (Part 076)

Posted on July 18, 2025 by Don Taylor

Five Hanson Studio graduation portraits from the Linwood Dyer Collection, featuring four Portland High School students and one from Deering High School, Class of 1918: Bertha M. Tarbox, Margaret A. Anderson, Robert F. Goff, and (likely) Hazel Woodill. Help solve a photo mystery and preserve these stories! Continue reading →

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Donna & Riviera Theatre – In the News – 10 Apr 1925

Posted on April 8, 2024 by Don Taylor

In 1925, Donna Darling’s show was at the Riviera Theatre in Anderson, Indiana. Noted in the Anderson Herald for her beauty and talents, Donna’s troupe, selected from California studios, performed varied acts, including dance and comedy. The show, praised for its impressive stage design and wholesome entertainment, added to Donna’s vaudeville career history. Continue reading →

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Photo Friday – Alley, Anderson, Bagley, & Blackwell.

Posted on September 22, 2023 by Don Taylor

Ethel Wight Collection – Part 148By Don Taylor This week, for Photo Friday, I identified the people in five more envelopes from the Ethel Wight Studio Collection[i]. The envelopes typically contain the name of the person who paid for the … Continue reading →

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Photo Friday – Pulkin, Putnam, Quimby, & Quinn

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Don Taylor

This week, I identified six people in my Ethel Wight photo sets:

Elsie Pulkin (or Pulkkinen, or Pulkenen) (later Anderson), circa 1934.
Carolyn May Putnam, circa 1936 (age 2)
Walter and Carrie (née Danico) Putnam, circa 1935.
Marie Quimby, circa 1935.
Nurse Kathryn Quinn, circa 1935.
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Peterson Paternal Project – Anderson-Bishop Branch

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Don Taylor

Glennis DNA Project By Don Taylor Part 3 [Previously, I wrote about my Glennis DNA Project in Not a Grimm Tale – So Far and Hemsworth-Morgan Branch. This is a continuation of that project.]  My half-sister Glennis has long wondered who her biological … Continue reading →

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