Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Bangor, 1849

"The form of the cap is exact, the outlines of the coat and boots very near. his rifile was encased to the lock his valise I carried to the exchange…"

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

"… Martin Annie Martin Hoop skirts Women's hats, boots Women drinking John thomas Thomas McAloon Nellie Chapman Cornelius Driscoll Cornelius Sullivan…"

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

"… cambrick pants white cotton stockings lace up kip boots." He added that the boys had been drilled several days before marching in the parade."

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

"… dickey a knapsack empty and a pair of fine calf boots with either white silk or white cotton gloves with red stripes on the pants." Below that on…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin in Spanish cloak, Bangor, 1846

"… as nice a one as I could see and it came to my boot tops perhaps below & as I was some deformed it was a very appropriate garment for me." In the…"

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…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"… drivers in their work clothes and spiked leather boots. In one of these images, two loggers exhibit the tools of their trade: a peavey, an ax, and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"If I have enough money, I will try to buy boots, too. I walk into the store on Main Street and the first person I see is Sam Solomon, the owner of…"