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John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations: People & Fashion

"… Illustrations: People & Fashion"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Civil War era soldier's garb, ca. 1866

"Civil War era soldier's garb, ca. 1866 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description In a "Scrap & Sketch…"

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…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashion in Bangor, 1865

"… that women's fashions changed when men went off to the Civil War. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashions in Bangor, 1866

"He wrote under the illustration, "Fashions August 1866, Bangor." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Historic Clothing Collection - Fashions Far & Away

"Fashions Far & Away View the Fashions Far & Away Slide Show Imported garments and fabrics are an integral part of American fashion, and of the…"

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

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

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

"Another interest is the changes taking place in Bangor during and after the war. Martin deplores the social and economic changes, which, in part, led…"

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

"… series of illustrations and narrative about post Civil War Democrats in Bangor, John Martin drew this illustration of George Melvin Weston."

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

"… 650-page journal writing about the effects of the Civil War on business and prices, his rustic furniture, profiles of his children, their…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Bangor, 1865

"… Description The 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, a Civil War regiment organized as the 18th Maine Infantry, returned to Bangor in September 1865, greeted…"

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

"Martin mentioned the outbreak of the Civil War, and the effects of soldiers in Bangor and the war on local businesses; and his wife's serious illness…"

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

"Martin, who was lame, did not serve in the war, but followed the rush of enlistments and departure of regiments."

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

"… the July 4 events -- observing the end of the Civil War -- in his "Scrap & Sketch Book" that he began writing in 1864."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hannibal Hamlin, Bangor, 1866

"… Hamlin was a lawyer in Hampden before the Civil War. He had served in the Maine House of Representatives and the U.S. House and Senate."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Marcellus Emery, Bangor, ca. 1864

"… who published a newspaper in Bangor during the Civil War. Union supporters destroyed Emery's press, but he continued publishing."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 7, pages 114-134

"… "Chapter on Soldiers" in which he described what Civil War soldiers wore and carried and how little prepared Mainers were to be soldiers in 1861."

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

"… various economic downturns and the start of the Civil War, Martin thought being in business for himself was safer than working for someone else."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldier, Bangor, ca. 1860

"… "in the free states" before 1861 when the Civil War began. Martin, on page 114 of the "Scrap & Sketch Book" that he began in 1864, described the…"

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

"… including discussions of politics, the Civil War and its aftermath, and changes in society and fashion."

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"… use, making items such as underwear and Civil War uniforms. Machine sewing became feasible due to the Northhampton, Massachusetts Nonotuck…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Thomas White Dry Good Emporium, Bangor, 1864

"… that accompanies the drawing that when the Civil War broke out in 1861, Daniel Chaplin, a clerk for Thurston & Metcalf used part of the building…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldier transport ships, Bangor, 1865

"… residents, awaited the arrival of returning Civil War soldiers in September 1865. Martin, an accountant and shopkeeper who wrote and illustrated…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dr. George W. Ladd, Bangor, ca. 1866

"… Republican, described the activities of the post Civil War Democrats in Bangor. Martin wrote about a speech Ladd gave on Sept."