Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Lodging and Hotels: A Savage Family Business

"UNDER CONSTRUCTION Asticou Inn Owned by family members Augustus Chase Savage, George A. Savage, and Charles K. Savage from 1883-1964."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"A typical picture, like the Hatch portrait of the little girls, was elaborately printed in gilded letters that advertised his good taste, location…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Also in 1910, the false front of the modest picture palace, Dreamland, joined Front Street’s streetscape."

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

"… on page 565 and is followed by explanations of each item pictured. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dr. Charles Snell, Bangor, ca. 1867

"The Charles Snell pictured practiced in Bangor and his father in Oxford County. John Martin (1823-1907) drew this sketch of the son "to show how…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… combination of his text and illustrations offer a picture of 19th century Bangor – then an emerging economic giant, made crucial to Maine's lumber…"

Hiram Historical Society

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"The family home was behind the family's business space. Next to the family home was the business of James B."

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

"… perhaps in a distant county when even a person picture would suffice to give them great happiness in the absence of persons or things."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… from the rent of the building helped the Ledyard family with their taxes. The store, A.D. Stetson & Son, was housed in the Ledyard Block for a long…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

"Holt, Alfred T., 2000, “Bath Families of the 19th Century.” Longley, Diane G. and Whitney, Arlene L., 1996, “The People’s History of Bath…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"The Patten family were also shipbuilders and at one point had the largest fleet in the world under a family flag."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… was part of the important, ship building Patten family. These people are important because their businesses lasted so long and they helped to make…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"The entire Palmer family had a long tradition of running dry goods stores in Bath. After the short-lived establishment of Gershom Palmer, William P."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ada Martin, Bangor, 1865

"Martin wrote, "reading picture books and primmers and giving the names of a 150 pictures before she could read a word as early as from 3 to 4 years…"

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

"The store pictured in the middle was a wholesale business. The north and south stores were for retail sales."

Historic Clothing Collection - Gauze evening dress with silk sash, ca. 1865 - Page 1 of 4

"The wide green sash pictured on the garment is a replica. The original sash, which survives, is too brittle to dress."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Mildred Thomas and Harold Sawyer, ca. 1910

"This photo is unusual as most of his pictures were landscapes, and very rarely included people. Sawyer gave the photograph to the Thomas family where…"

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"Tragedy struck these families on September 4, 1855, when fifteen year old Sarah Richards drowned while swimming in the Kennebec River at Swan Island…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry on Bombahook

"Click on the picture to zoom in for a closer look.Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner One belief is that the stream was called…"

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

"Raynes (1830-1918) pictures him as he is about to board the bark Suliote on January 24, 1849, sailing from Bangor to California and the Gold Rush."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844

"He drew the picture in 1864 and included it on page 199 of the Journal he wrote about his life and experiences."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Thieves in Bangor, ca. 1865

"… Martin provides details of each person pictured. No. 2 is John Thomas, No. 3 is Thomas McAloon, No. 4 is Bill Stevens, No."

Historic Clothing Collection - Site Overview

"… to select in order to give a representative picture of the MHS collection as it stands in 2020."