July 2018 Website Activity

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Don Taylor

Photographs

Maine Egg Producers

Maine Egg Producers

I published the following photographs from Photo Box 1, “Miscellaneous Businesses” to Digital Maine at the Maine State Library:

Maine Egg Producers
Candling Room at Maine Egg Producers

I published the following photographs from Photo Box 1, “Miscellaneous Businesses” to this site.

[No Number] – Park’s Home Bakery – Luncheonette – Route 1 – West Scarboro, Maine
64.35.2 – Googins Blacksmith Shop – Highland Ave.
79.7.1 – Dunscroft Inn, US Route 1, Dunstan, ME.
87.3.1 – The Original Len Libby’s Candy Shops
95.27.19 – Prouts Neck Garage (Cliff Googins’ Garage)
95.27.178 – State Trailer Sales & Hillcrest Trailer Park
95.27.178 – Scarborough Beach Railroad Station (with truck)
95.27.194 – Scarborough Beach Railroad Station (with station master)
95.27.194 – Donald Hall Miniature Golf – Route 1 at Heigis Pky
2016.57.01 – Lobster Fisherman (with traps)

On the Bookcase 1 Page
I added First Census of the United States 1790 – Maine and a link to download from CENSUS.GOV.

On the Education Page,
I added the Class of 1926 with three names and links to photos.
I added the Class of 1927 with one name and link to photo.

On Lateral File 1 Page.
I added 2018.29.01-LARRABEE_Genealogy_NH
and 2018.29.01-Larrabee_Generations_1_to_4

 

 

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Class of 1931 – Names & Photos

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Don Taylor

We received a number of photos of the students of Scarborough High School, Class of  1931, from the collection of Marguerite Carver Shaw Davis, also known as “Mag.”

Accession Number:  2018-10-02

Scarboro High School Class of 1931

Full NameSurnamePhotoBack Inscription (If present)
Lillian May McCulloughMcCulloughPhotoNo note on back.
Kenneth Melville LaughtonLaughtonPhotoNo note on back.
Robert Wentworth CollinsCollinsPhotoNo note on back.
Almeda Pearl MoultonMoultonPhotoBack of Photo
Harlan Edgar PlummerPlummerPhotoBack of Photo
Francis Emmelie LathropLathropPhotoBack of Photo
Daniel Weston SnowSnowPhotoBack of Photo
Dorothy ClarkClarkPhotoBack of Photo
Sydney Leslie PoolerPoolerPhotoBack of Photo
Helen Gertrude ScammanScammanPhotoBack of Photo
Barbara Jannette HarmonHarmonPhotoBack of Photo
Barbara Mildred GrantGrantPhotoBack of Photo
George Harvard DouglasDouglasPhotoBack of Photo
Barbara Jannette Harmon (Possibly #2HarmonPhotoNo note on back.
Pauline Harriet FrederickFrederickPhotoBack of Photo
Hope May FergattoFergattoPhotoBack of Photo
Ralph Donad BerryBerryPhotoNo note on back.
Ella Louise SawyerSawyerPhotoBack of Photo
Arthur Scott BernellBernellPhotoNo note on back.
Marjorie Matilda MillikenMillikenPhotoBack of Photo
Reta Frances MillikenMillikenPhotoNo note on back.
Olive FieldingFieldingPhotoNo note on back.
Dorothy ClarkClarkPhotoNo note on back.
Dagmar Emilee NielsonNielsonPhotoBack of Photo
Unidentified 01PhotoNo note on back.
Unidentified 06PhotoNo note on back.

These photos were sized for the web at three inches wide with a resolution of 144 pixels per inch. The original image scans were done at 600 pixels per inch and are available from the Society. Please contact the society if you are interested in a higher resolution copy of the image.

The Scarborough Historical Museum also has the 1931 High School Yearbook available for viewing at the museum. You can learn much more about the class members in the yearbook. When I looked at the yearbook, I was surprised to not find a “class photo.” There were only two group photos, one of the 1930-31 Boys Basketball Team and one of the 1930-31 Girls Basketball Team.

   

Scarboro High Basketball Teams – 1930-1931 Season

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Maine In the Great War

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Don Taylor

The May Scarborough Historical Society monthly meeting will be May 6th, 2:00 pm, at the Scarborough Public Library. After a short business meeting, guest speaker Jason C. Libby will talk about Maine’s involvement in World War I.

Maine in World War I Available on Amazon.Com

More than 35,000 men and women from Maine joined the armed forces in 1917-1918 to fight in aid of America’s European allies against Germany. Mainers provided vital support through war-related industries, such as shipbuilding, munitions, and textiles.  Mainers on the home front also donated bandages, books, and comforts of home to the troops “over there.”

Jason C. Libby is the author of several local histories. He has worked in historic preservation and currently serves as a member of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission and as an adjunct history faculty member. He is the co-author with Earle G. Shettleworth of Maine in World War I, an Arcadia publication.

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April 8th – SHS Meeting to feature talk on Wadsworth/Longfellow House

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Don Taylor

Wadsworth-Longfellow House – Photo by Brian Adler

The Scarborough Historical Society’s annual meeting will be 2:00 PM, April 8th, the second Sunday of the month, as Easter is April 1st. After the business meeting, John Babin, visitor services manager for the Wadsworth/Longfellow House in Portland, take us inside the historic Longfellow House through photos and talk. He and also explore the city that shaped the poet. Longfellow wrote his first childhood poem in the house on Congress Street built by his grandfather Peleg Wadsworth. He went on to write the classics you’re sure to remember—”Paul Revere’s Ride” and “Evangeline.”

At this meeting, we will draw winners of our loon and the bamboo fly rod raffles.

Photo of Fly Rod A Marshal Goodwin Loon

 

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Portland Railroad: Trolleys Through Scarborough, Maine

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Don Taylor

4 March 2018, 1 PM

Scarborough Public Library

Image of the Portland Railroad's Letter "S" Trestle on the road to Old Orchard Beach circa 1903

Portland Railroad’s Letter “S” Trestle on the road to Old Orchard Beach circa 1903

The Portland Railroad system as it existed following the completion of the Saco-Old Orchard line in 1903, operated trolleys on 93.75 miles of track, serving the communities of Portland, South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough, Saco, Old Orchard Beach, Westbrook, Gorham, South Windham, Falmouth, Cumberland, and Yarmouth. More than 500 persons, including 133 motormen and 133 conductors, were employed. The line owned a total of 217 passenger cars (trolleys). Imagine living in Scarborough in the very early 1900s and being able to board a trolley and easily travel to visit any number of attractions in Maine, south, and east of Waterville, or south into New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and beyond. Make plans to bring a friend and attend the presentation on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Scarborough Public Library. Scarborough Historical Society’s guest speaker, Phil Morse from Seashore Trolley Museum will be the presenter. Artifacts from the Portland-Lewiston Interurban and its 1912 high-speed interurban, No. 14, Narcissus will be on display. The Narcissus is currently under restoration at Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport.

Location: Scarborough Public Library, 48 Gorham Rd, Scarborough, ME 04074 – March 4, 2018 at 1:00 pm.

Speaker: Philip W. Morse, Project Manager of Narcissus Renovation, Seashore Trolley Museum.

For more information on the Narcissus Project, see www.narcissus1912.blogspot.com.

 

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