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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin apple tree, Bangor, ca. 1862

"John Martin apple tree, Bangor, ca. 1862 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin…"

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

"Design for rustic fence, gate, Bangor, 1867 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description In one of five…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Clara Cary, Rinaldo Wiggin, John Martin, Bangor, 1844

"Clara Cary, Rinaldo Wiggin, John Martin, Bangor, 1844 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description In the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rufus Prince's factory and store, Bangor, 1864

"Rufus Prince's factory and store, Bangor, 1864 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The plans for…"

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

"Lunt House, Cumberland at Center streets, Bangor, ca. 1852 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin cone cedar tree, Bangor, 1866

"John Martin cone cedar tree, Bangor, 1866 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Plan of North End of Bangor, 1844

"Plan of North End of Bangor, 1844 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description In 1864, John Martin drew…"

City of Brewer

Brewer is the gateway to coastal communities and Acadia National Park. The city along with Bangor also serves as a trading and distribution center for the coastal areas and towns and cities to the north with the total region having a population of approximately 250,000 people.

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 65-83

"… Mount Hope Cemetery North Bangor (Veazie) Bangor bridges, churches, schools Bangor commercial buildings James Emerson Cottage Bucksport"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 1, pages 000-26

"… London 1853 railroad accident, Chicago 1849 Bangor accident Soldiers Monument, Mount Hope Monument dedication Bangor Cornet Band Jesse Freemont…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 84-107

"Harlow Bangor Skating Park James Dunning Charles Perry Junior Martin Jameson's Guards Bangor Cadets Frank Thoms"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 5, pages 77-96

"Martin is increasingly upset at crime in Bangor -- a boom town since the 1830 -- and in other changes in society."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 3, pages 38-56

"… gun boat Mahoning Congressional excursion to Bangor Bangor McClellan Club Ideal homestead Southern life Slavery Frank Davis Wheelwright & Clark…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 48-64

"He discusses a number of local politicians and projects, including the plan for a Bangor to Waterville Railroad."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Grant-Wilson political rally, Augusta Depot, 1872

"John Martin (1823-1904) of Bangor illustrated the event as part of his "Scrap Book no 3" that he wrote and illustrated starting in 1876."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 604-650

"Littlefield Bangor Girls First Select School Third Parish Church Prof. George Shepard First Baptist Church Thomas A. Hill"

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

"The volume shows his broad interests and reveals the deep divisions in Civil War Bangor and environs."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"… 84-107 Bangor road issues, warmest, coldest days; Bangor skating rink, Bangor Cadet Company   Part 6, pages 108-128 Grant-Wilson, Greeley-Brown…"

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

"Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor John, Clara Cary, and Mabelle Martin X Martin's Journal and his three Scrapbooks passed from his son, John Martin…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 278-361

"Martin described the business recovery in Bangor, known as the Queen City of the East, and his marriage to Clara Cary."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Slave whip, 1864

"Martin, a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper, wrote that he read "many hundred pages on southern life and examined cuts of southern life." He also…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 0-21

"… Kullborg drawings Ernst Sjostodt Stanfords Ball, Bangor Jesse Stone Katahdin Iron Works history Owen H. Williams Morgan Bristland Hollis Bowman D."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 2, pages 27-37

"… first four pages are a Daily Mercury account of a Bangor Antiquarian Society lecture by Charles Lowell, which is apparently a tongue-in-cheek…"