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Faces from the Past: Scarborough School Students, 1916–1952

Four school photographs from the Scarborough Historical Society collection document students from Black Point, Pine Point, Dunstan Grammar, and Scarborough High School between 1916 and 1952. Using inscriptions, town reports, census records, and visual evidence, these images reveal changing classrooms, familiar surnames, and faces still waiting to be identified. Continue reading

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Preserving Legacies: Portland High School Students of 1918 & 1919.

Five photos of Portland High School (Maine) students from 1918 & 1919:

Mary Elizabeth Cook, PHS Class of 1919.
Eli Charles Livingston, PHS Class of 1919.
Florence Neal Trott, PHS Class of 1918.
Ruth W Tucker, PHS Class of 1919.
“Little Eva”, PHS Class of 1918, Continue reading

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Preserving Legacies: Portland High School Students of 1918 (Part 3).

Five photos of Portland High School (Maine) students from 1918:
Lloyd Graham Hay,
John Angus McKay,
Lawrence Freeman Merrill,
Ella Stacey Rowe, &
“Little Eva.” Continue reading

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Preserving Legacies: Portland High School Students of 1918 (Part 2).

Five photos of Portland High School (Maine) students from 1918:
Florence Barteau, Gladys Corthell, Irene Bailey, Olevia Browning, and “Bobbykins.” Continue reading

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Portland High School Students of 1918 (Part 1).

“Portland High School Students of 1918 (Part 1),” showcases 18 graduation portraits from the Linwood Dyer Collection, taken at Adams Studio in Portland, Maine. Through inscriptions and a 1918 newspaper listing graduates, Taylor identifies students like Lucille Brackett and Herbert Manchester, preserving their legacies Continue reading

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