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John Martin: Expert Observer - Martin-Raynes-Stevens Family Trees

"Martin-Raynes Family  Raynes-Stevens Family  Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor G. Fred and Annie Martin Snow X"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families Marvin Bryant, Seal Harbor, ca. 1920Trenton Cemetery & Keeping Society Text by Eliza…"

Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"Large families were common in the mid-nineteenth century, as reflected by an ambrotype of a father, a mother, and their three sons and three…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Two star skaters, Bangor, 1868

"Two star skaters, Bangor, 1868 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Bangor skater Charles Perry is…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"She devoted her life to family and the community. Addie was involved with the public library, and she also served on the committee that erected the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 3 of 3

"Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society Northern Threads Part I: ca. 1780-1889 Northern Threads was a two-part…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 1 of 3

"Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society X Celebrating Maine Historical Society’s 200th anniversary (2022)…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 2 of 3

"Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society Why collect historic clothing? Clothing or dress study is a new discipline."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"… grandchild to live long enough to establish a family and home here, Augustus Chase Savage, and his wife Emily Manchester Savage, both born on Mount…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Mabelle Martin's casket, Bangor, 1899

"… scene of Mabelle's coffin in the parlor of the family home and included it in the Scrap and Sketch Book he wrote starting in 1888 in which he…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lunt House, Cumberland at Center streets, Bangor, ca. 1852

"She sold the family home and bought this house, but put it in her son Luther's name. View additional information about this item on the Maine…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"Poignantly, he also recorded the deaths of two of his daughters, Annie Martin Snow and Mabelle Martin."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"The first would be a history of his family, sprinkled with his "own editorials" from time to time. He wanted his children to know how the "pioneers"…"

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

"He had to leave home at least twice for work: once to go to Grand Lake Stream or Houlton and work at F. Shaw Brothers Tannery."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John and Clara Martin wedding hack, Bangor, 1850

"The Martins had six children, only two of whom survived their parents. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin Snow casket at grave, Bangor, 1889

"Martin also wrote a journal detailing many of his experiences and two other scrapbooks. The scrapbooks also contain numerous newspaper clippings."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lamps and stove, John Martin store, Bangor, 1864

"… and several scrapbooks recounting his life, family, and various experiences. This is one of several illustrations of the store."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin house floor plan, Bangor, 1864

"… so his children would have a record about their family. Martin and his wife, Clara Cary, bought a house at 130 Center Street in Bangor in 1854."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Design for rustic fence, gate, Bangor, 1867

"… gardening and landscaping, dancing, his family, politics, education, and numerous other topics."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's plow, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… own plow and had his own garden on the land his family rented in Hampden. Martin, who became an accountant, shopkeeper, and dance enthusiast…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project

"Martin's writings then passed into the family of Rebecca Raynes Stevens' brother-in-law, Isaac Stevens, eventually ending up with his granddaughter…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 3 of 3

"… during the war had the effect of encouraging home-grown American fashion design. In prosperous post-war America, New York, and California became…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 534-603

"… 1859-1854   Part 8, pages 534-603 Two of Martin's children were quite ill with measles; he looked for a new business prospect, worked as…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin dream house, Bangor, 1866

"… 1866, of a residence he would build if he had "two thousand dollars in money and a small portion of time each growing season for ten years." The…"