Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Cornet Band member, 1864

"Bangor Cornet Band member, 1864 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904), an…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865

"… paying us a visit from Harrison Maine we had no band of Music as is usual on such occasions ..." Martin, his wife, Clara, and their children, Ada…"

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

"… from one to another: the circus, the Cornet Band, newspaper articles about politics, a tribute to a friend who died in the Civil War, a drawing of…"

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

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

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 108-128

"Small R. W. Rollins Wheelwright & Clark Cornet Band James Dunning Dr. L. B. Morrison Augusta rally"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Quartette Club, 1849

"with a black band and long ends to the bands. ... Their first collars were turn down all uniform but a stand up dickey came in fashion and they made…"

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

"… and Maine State Museum Description Bands and supporters from Portland, Bangor, and Augusta met at the Augusta train depot on September 6…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - About Us

"Since then the island has banded together to preserve what remains. We have digitized and cataloged photographs, expanded our collection, and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"In 1926 The Strathglass Fife Band of Mexico and Rumford was formed. First practices were held in the Rumford Band Room on Canal Street but later…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"On Sunday afternoons, band concerts were performed by the Bangor Band or the Ladies Orchestra conducted by Lena Howe."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… on Saturday, the street parade formed, led by a band of 42 pieces from Bangor with the well known leader Adelbert Wells Sprague."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"Music was taught in the High School by then and a school band was formed. There have been many orchestras in New Portland, the first was directed by…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… in which workers from various trades would band together to help one another; later during the 17th century when guilds began to fade away, and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"The community banded together in an effort to preserve what history remained—donating family photograph collections, participating in oral history…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"… Academy alone used it for most school dances, band practice, orchestra practice, cheerleading practice, class plays, musical productions, class…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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