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John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor parade, July 4, 1865

"… Description A boy in the post Civil War July 4 parade in Bangor in 1865 is dressed in "white waste and fashionable felt & straw hat" as depicted by…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor post Civil War parade, 1865

"As part of his description he drew illustrations of two schoolboys to show the outfits they wore in the parade."

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… What You Know.” Centennial Parade, Lubec, July 4, 1911Lubec Historical Society Centennial float, Lubec, 1911Lubec Historical Society…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"… Description In the evening after the July 4, 1865 parade and observances in Bangor, ten Penobscot Indians in five birchbark canoes engaged in a…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First electric railroad car in Bangor, 1889

"… first saw the electric railroad in operation on July 4, 1889 and drew this illustration of it. Martin was working at Katahdin Iron Works near…"

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"One fire case was on Fourth of July, 1962. The fire men were off at a muster when a fire started in a building."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 6, pages 97-113

"… Martin has a newspaper article that discusses the July 4, 1865 festivities in Bangor in some detail."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Circus swing, Boston, 1853

"… of a circus he attended at the Boston Commons on July 4, 1853. Martin, an accountant and shopkeeper who kept meticulous records and, probably…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"… Mutual Store "scam"   Part 6, pages 97-113 July 4, 1865 activities, women "who bore a bad name," first balloon ascention   Part 8, pages…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… the operations and the people, as it appeared on July 4, 1882. The painting is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… on July 4 Jacob Pike's personal diary for July 4 says that the day "came in calm and fine, later warm," clearly excellent weather for the ceremony…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Lubec Herald ceases publication 4th of July Parade, Lubec, ca. 1898Lubec Memorial Library 1960 • The Lobster Trap Gift Shop opens – first…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"to represent Maine in the Cherry Blossom Parade. Lubec’s era of economic prosperity ended in the 1970s, signaled by the closing of American Can and…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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