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Faces from the Past – Libby, Potter, & Small

Five photographs from the Linwood Dyer Collection illuminate members of the Small, Potter, and Libby families, spanning ambrotypes, tintypes, and early 20th-century portraits. Through inscriptions, photographic formats, and family research, these images reconnect individuals to names, dates, and places in New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and beyond. 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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Faces from the Past – Catlin, Hinkley, & Kinney

This installment from the Linwood Dyer Collection highlights early 20th-century photographs of the Kinney, Hinkley, and Catlin families. Drawn from an Eastman Negative Album, these images document a wedding, family portraits, and ancestral connections, offering descendants a rare visual link to their Portland, Maine heritage. Continue reading

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Faces of the Past: Ferguson, Hamilton, O’Brien, & Sturdivant – PHS Classes 1922 & 1923

Explore rare portraits of Portland High School students from the Classes of 1922–1923, including Priscella Ferguson, Florence Hamilton, Elizabeth Alphonsa O’Brion, and Alice Maude Sturdivant. These images, preserved in the Linwood Dyer Collection, reveal student life, friendships, and athletics in early 20th-century Portland, Maine. Continue reading

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Uncovering the Faces of Deering High (Part 4):

In this latest post, I explore more remarkable portraits from a 19th-century Deering High School album, featuring students with surnames like Coffin, Johnson, Skillin, and Trufant. Could one of these individuals be your ancestor? Read more and help reconnect these faces with their families. Continue reading

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