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Photo Friday – Dennett & Peterson

This week, I identified the last two people in my Ethel Wight photo sets:

Virginia & Constance Dennett, Feb 1943.

Alice Mary Peterson, circa 1935. Continue reading

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Photo Friday – 87th Seabees, Jefferson Theatre, & more.

Don Taylor examines and shares several historic photos from the Ethel Wight Collection. These include images of the 87th Seabees in 1943, a lithograph by Stow Wengenroth, the Jefferson Theater in 1933, women and farmhouses in 1947, and unidentified women from 1941. He hopes to reunite the photos with family members. Continue reading

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Photo Friday – Dennett (née Parks), Kunkle, & Wight

Don Taylor examined five envelopes from the Ethel Wight Studio Collection and identified subjects of the photos: Rev. Dr. Edward C. Kunkle, Virginia Parks Dennett, and Leora La Fond (Hart) Wight. Photos were provided under the paid names, not necessarily of the individuals pictured. Taylor uploaded the identified photos to Family Search Memories. Two images of an unknown woman, whom he believed to be Barbara M Parks, and a dog named “Mrs. Woodward’s Dog – 1945” couldn’t be explicitly identified. Continue reading

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Small Family, (née Dresser & Newall) (married Porter & Burnside), circa 1871.

This week, I identified six people from the Linwood Dyer Collection:

Abigail Ann (Small) Porter of Lancaster, N.H.

Dr. Horatio Nelson & Harriet (Newall) Small of Portland, Me.

Hon. John Chase & Mary Schuyler (Dresser) Small of Portland, Me.

Sallie Emery (Small) Burnside of Lancaster, N.H. Continue reading

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Farnum Vergil Wood, Circa 1942

Today, I examined two photos. One was titled Orvgil [sic] Wood, and the other says Virgil Word. Both photos indicate 1942, and one says Saco. Both photo packages appear to be of the same young man wearing church attire. Continue reading

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