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John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations: Businesses

"… Illustrations: Businesses"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 195-277

"… with his mother, business failures, property transactions, Prince business accounts, an eventful excursion to Belfast aboard an iron propellor…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Liz, widow Clark, Bangor, 1848

"… house in dozens and some disgracefull and noisy transactions were committed..." He described them as "respectably educated" and said they "could…"

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

"Detail oriented and interested in architecture, business, gardening, dancing, and many other topics, Martin wrote and illustrated a journal and…"

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

"… were quite ill with measles; he looked for a new business prospect, worked as assistant assessor for Ward 6 where many Irish immigrants lived…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 452-534

"… on Center Street -- with illustrations, and business dealings and failures, including Pendleton & Ross, Shaw & Merrill furniture manufacturers…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin, Bangor, ca. 1868

"A bookkeeper and accountant for a number of businesses, Martin and his wife, Clara Cary, had six children."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hampden House Bar, 1837

"Increase S. Sanger to learn the apothecary business. Sanger bought the Hampden House and young Martin worked there until Sanger sold the business."

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

"… an accountant, had worked for various other businesses in Hampden and Bangor since he was a boy. He obtained funds from Edwin B."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 362-451

"… and, eventually, Martin's departure from the business, joining Pendleton & Ross, ship chandlers, and their business difficulties."

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

"… writing about the effects of the Civil War on business and prices, his rustic furniture, profiles of his children, their educations, schools…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Interior, John Martin Store, Bangor, 1862

"… an accountant, had long worked for other businesses in Hampden and Bangor. In 1862, he opened his own store on Center Street near the Rail Road…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Interior, John Martin store, Center Street, Bangor, 1864

"… an accountant, had worked for numerous other businesses before decided to operate his own store."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"Churches, schools, and businesses that served the lumbering and shipping interests as well as those that met the needs of local residents blossomed."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865

"… of Bangor, a shopkeeper on Center Street, found business especially slow in the winter of 1865. He reported that he "employed my vacant hours in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Benjamin Kimball, Bangor, ca. 1867

"Kimball and Martin were both Republicans; Hayford was a Democrat. Kimball took out a newspaper ad attempting to get back business and suggest that…"

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 - Junior Martin in cadet uniform, Bangor, ca. 1871

"… social life and also when he commenced to perform business which occured in July last in the national Insurance office in which he stayed his…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin as zephyr, Bangor, 1866

"Martin created five volumes that recall businesses in which he was involved, his family, his activities, and life in the Bangor area."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin self portrait, 1889

"… a written description of himself: "General business man, Expert Accountant, Landscape Gardener, Rustic designer, Origin of Martins perfect Waltz &…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hampden, Upper and Lower corners, 1835

"… two pages, he detailed the shop, church, or other business, or resident of each building on his map. The area is as it existed in the 1830s."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Reed Hardings neighborhood, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… everything around him: architecture, gardening, business, transportation, fashion, and dance, among other topics."

John Martin: Expert Observer - George Melvin Weston, Bangor, ca. 1867

"Martin wrote about various business schemes and scandals in which Weston was involved. He drew Weston as he appeared at a speech before the 1866…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashions in Bangor, 1866

"… interested in fashion, landscaping and gardening, business practices, architecture, and numerous other topics, wrote and illustrated five volumes…"