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Tag Archives: Portland Maine
Faces from the Past – Clifford, Dana, Jordan, & Kinney
The Scarborough Historical Society’s Linwood Dyer Collection holds a remarkable family album connecting Portland and Cape Elizabeth families across three generations. Through studio portraits, wedding photographs, newspaper clippings, and a vivid 1927 memoir, we trace the Hinkley, Dana, and Clifford families from Thanksgiving gatherings in 1860s Gorham, Maine, to the elegant Portland weddings of 1939. Continue reading
Posted in Photo Identification, Linwood Dyer Collection, Faces from the Past
Tagged Rufus Hinkley, Portland Maine, Smith College, Frances Dana Jordan, Gorham Maine, Scarborough Historical Society, Wedding Photography, Waynflete School, Westbrook Maine, Family Memoir, Howard Hinkley Dana, Bowdoin Street Portland, Margaret Kinney Photo Album, Eleanor Hinkley Kinney, State Street Congregational Church, Cape Elizabeth, Portland and Rochester Railroad, Ann Clifford Dana, Bowdoin College, Linwood Dyer Collection, Sorosis Women's Club, Jack W. Jordan, Studio Portraits, 19th Century Maine, Florence Hinkley Dana, Society Page, newspaper clippings, Stephen Hinkley, Preble Street Portland, 1930s Maine, Philip Dana, New England Family History, Hinkley family, Ernest Cogswell Kinney, Thanksgiving Traditions, Marion Hinkley
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Faces from the Past – Hinkley, & Kinney
In this installment of Faces from the Past, I examine five identified portraits and six unidentified photographs from the Hinkley Family Photographs album in the Linwood Dyer Collection. Spanning roughly forty years of Hinkley and Kinney family history. These images offer a glimpse into the lives of two interconnected Portland-area families. Among the portraits: a young soldier photographed for his sister just weeks after America entered the First World War, two little sisters sharing a book at a parlor table, and a pair of confident young women on the eve of their futures. Do you recognize any of the unidentified faces? Continue reading
Posted in Portland History, Hinkley Family Album, Scarborough Historical Society and Museum, Linwood Dyer Collection, Faces from the Past
Tagged Waynflete School, Faces from the Past, 1910s, Maine genealogy, Cumberland County Maine, Genealogy, 1930s, 1890s, Lamson Studio, Portland Maine, Graduation Portrait, 1920s, Hinkley family, Scarborough Historical Society, Jordan Studio, Prindle family, Family History, Great Depression, Margaret Kinney, American Expeditionary Forces, World War I, Unidentified Photographs, Louise Kinney, Kinney Family, Antique Photographs, cabinet card, Frances Hinkley, Scarborough Maine, Portland Press Herald, Philip Hinkley, Frances Dana Jordan, Women's History, Maine History, Eleanor Hinkley, Military History, historical photographs
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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 A C Lewis photographer, Dyer family, Lamson Studio, Florence Perry Dyer, Portland Maine, Clifford W Dyer, Elwyn Rice Dyer, 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
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Faces from the Past – Portland Boys as French Soldiers
A remarkable photograph from the Linwood Dyer Collection shows Portland boys dressed as French soldiers during a patriotic vaudeville program held at Burnham Gymnasium on April 1, 1916. The event raised funds for French war relief during World War I and featured performances by dozens of Portland children. Continue reading
Posted in Portland History, Linwood Dyer Collection, Great War, Faces from the Past
Tagged John Verrill, Frederick Gignoux, 1916, Children's Pageants, French War Relief, Tisdale Photographer, Burnham Gymnasium, Portland Maine, Marianne, Richard Payson, Walter McClintock, William Cobb, Edward Marshall
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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
Posted in Linwood Dyer Collection, Faces from the Past
Tagged tintype, Portland Maine, Black Point Cemetery, Scarborough Maine, Libby family, Small family, Potter family, Linwood Dyer Collection, Identified Photographs, 19th century photography, historical photographs, ambrotype, Faces from the Past
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