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Tag Archives: Photo Identification
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
Faces and Stories from the Shirley (Darling) Howell Collection.
This installment highlights newly identified individuals from the Shirley Darling Howell Collection, including members of the Darling, McAllister, Lane, and Huber families. Drawing on photos from several family albums, the article places each person back into historical context, reconnecting treasured images with the stories behind them. Continue reading
Posted in Darling, Huber, Photo Identification, Genealogy Research, Photo Collections
Tagged Darling family, Family History, Huber family, Photo Identification, Kemon family, McAllister Family, Shirley Darling Howell Collection, Lane Family, Saginaw genealogy, Pittsburgh genealogy, Alabama genealogy, immigrant families, Washington DC history, Genealogy Research
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Preserving Legacies: Blackstone, Bourgoin, Johnston, Skillings, & Stevens
Linwood Dyer Collection (Part 069)By Don Taylor Continuing with the Linwood Dyer Photo Collection, two photos are from “High School Graduation Portraits.” I have a handful of other pictures from that group that require further work to identify, because the … Continue reading
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
Posted in Faces from the Past, Linwood Dyer Collection, Willis Skillin Graduation Album
Tagged Genealogy, Deering High, Portland Maine, Cabinet Cards, Scarborough Historical Society, Historical Photos, Family History, Victorian Era, Photo Identification, Dead Fred, FamilySearch, Ancestry Research, Coffin Family, Trufant, Skillin, Linwood Dyer Collection, Maine genealogy
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Ethel Wight Collection – Part 26
Butler, Calder, Camedy(?), Campbell, & Palmer Photo Friday Ethel Wight Collection By Don Taylor This week for Photo Friday, I identify the people in four more envelopes from the Ethel Wight Studio Collection[i] but fail in one identification. The envelopes … Continue reading
Posted in Faces from the Past, Ethel Wight Studio
Tagged Maine, Photo Identification, Portland, Butler, Calder, Camedy, Campbell, Palmer
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