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Tag Archives: Cabinet Cards
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 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, Hannah Meserve Moulton, Johns Hopkins
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Unidentified Faces – Dyer, Libby, and Six Unlabeled Women
Linwood Dyer Collection, Part 097By Don Taylor IntroductionThe Scarborough Historical Society maintains several important photographic collections documenting people, places, and events. In this installment of Faces from the Past, I examine eight more photographs from the Linwood Dyer Collection. Sadly, … Continue reading
Posted in Maine Genealogy, Linwood Dyer Collection, Faces from the Past
Tagged Cape Elizabeth Maine, Maine genealogy, Cabinet Cards, Linwood Dyer Collection, Portland Maine Photographers, Faces from the Past, Libby family, Cumberland County Maine, Dyer family, Scarborough Historical Society, Jackson & Kinney
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Faces from the Past – Dyer & Hersey
This installment of Faces from the Past examines five photographs from the Linwood Dyer Collection, combining studio analysis and genealogical research to identify members of the Dyer and Hersey families. Through census records, city directories, and photographic dating techniques, these images are placed within their late 19th-century context, helping reconnect individuals with their families and communities. Continue reading
Posted in Scarborough Historical Society and Museum, Linwood Dyer Collection, Maine History, Uncategorized, Faces from the Past
Tagged Henry T C Hersey, Addie Dyer, Cabinet Cards, Haverhill Massachusetts, Anderson photographer, Genealogy Research, Hanson photographer, 19th century photography, H M Smith photographer, Hersey family, A C Lewis photographer, Dyer family, Lamson Studio, Florence Perry Dyer, Portland Maine, Clifford W Dyer, Elwyn Rice Dyer
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Faces from the Past – Cole, Dyer, Hersey, Quimby, & Sawyer
This installment of Faces from the Past examines five photographs from the Linwood Dyer Collection. Through inscriptions, studio imprints, and genealogical research, several individuals connected to the extended Dyer family of Cape Elizabeth and Portland, Maine, can be identified, including Brainard Dyer, Eleanor B. (Dyer) Cole, Henry Hersey, Mary Weeks (Quimby) Dyer, and Eva Beatrice Sawyer. Continue reading
Posted in Scarborough Historical Society and Museum, Linwood Dyer Collection, Genealogy Research, Faces from the Past
Tagged Dyer family, Sawyer family, South Portland Maine history, Cape Elizabeth Maine families, Maine genealogy, H M Smith photographer Portland Maine, Quimby family, Cabinet Cards, Lamson photographer Portland Maine, Linwood Dyer Collection, Portland Maine Photographers, Cole family, Hersey family
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