Maine Memory Network

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

"… a regular set of captains Lieut sargents &c all boys and their music being boys with tenore drums." View additional information about this item on…"

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

"Boy at Bangor post Civil War parade, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"… dairying, food preparation, spinning, weaving, clothes-making, laundry, and childcare. Women also traded with nearby households, and wives assumed…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fred Ryder, Bangor, 1864

"Martin provided the boy with some clothes and boots and employed him for 16 months until April 1864 when he found him work on a farm and a chance to…"

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

"… jumped down from figure 1 and come astride of the boys leg at 2 say 7 feet the boy at 2 sustaining him without breaking his leg." View additional…"

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"Good navigators produced good profits. Edward Preble Norton observed that in Hallowell at the time "Every boy who had arrived at the age of eighteen…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Junior Martin in cadet uniform, Bangor, ca. 1871

"(1857-1929) was one of a group of boys in the Select School in Bangor and a few from the grammar school who formed a cadet company and began in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store interior, Bangor, 1862

"… businesses in Hampden and Bangor since he was a boy. He obtained funds from Edwin B. Patten to stock the store, essentially selling items on…"

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

"… a cart tongue such as are in general use for boy and baby carriages now I made a perfect cart with stake rings side boards Snibells to lip up and…"

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

"… Sharpshooter, and Newel Nicola and Horace Francis the Penobscot Boy. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"… few paragraphs" Nathaniel Bodwell was a drummer boy in the army. He was born in 1800, and died in 1874, in Lincoln, Maine."

Life on a Tidal River - Fashion of the '40s

"Boy's snow suit, Bangor, ca. 1940 Brown, wool, double-breasted boys snowsuitBangor Historical Society During the war, because so many men were in…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"MDI boys’ high school teams were now competing with town schools throughout Hancock County, and every home game was well attended."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"a man or woman boy or girl may look back and sigh for some small relic hereby to enliven their memory perhaps in a distant county when even a person…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"It employed more than 700 men, women, and boys. The printing department alone employed more than 100 employees."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"The oldest boy was appointed the janitor and had to arrive at school early, bring in the wood or coal and keep the fire going throughout the day."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"The older boys in almost every family went to sea as ordinary seamen and many of them died at sea. The heyday of American shipping was from 1815 to…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"Girls and boys sat on separate sides and the younger smaller children sat towards the front of the room, with the older larger children in back."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"The school would be started in August when the boys from World War I returned. Recreation in Stockholm Many people in Stockholm were looking for a…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… the Piscataquis Community High School Pirates boys’ team won the Piscataquis County championship coached by Phil Clark."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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