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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"… seated atop Mount Washington at the center of a group of visitors to the summit. Given that glass stereo views were made in America between 1854…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Junior Martin in cadet uniform, Bangor, ca. 1871

"(1857-1929) was one of a group of boys in the Select School in Bangor and a few from the grammar school who formed a cadet company and began in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 2, pages 27-37

"… apparently was unaware of the nature of the group.. Other topics and people mentioned are: Excerpt from book about Virginia, South Carolina 1849…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Quartette Club, 1849

"The members of the group are, from left, Rufus Wiggin, bass; Alonzo E. Raynes, treble; Rinaldo B. Wiggin, tenor; and Robert B. Cram, suprema."

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

"… Annie Martin (1855-1889) was part of a group of 26 girls who participated in Solon Wilder's floral concert on Monday, July 2, 1866."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing, Bangor, ca. 1865

"… dancing -- one of his volumes is about a dancing group he helped found. He wrote under the illustration, "Of all the amusements in the world…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Revenue gunboat "Mahoning," Bangor, 1864

"He said it brought a group of Congressmen on an excursion to Bangor and the Maine coast. Martin described the boat and its guns."

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

"This boy is one of the age 11-14 group who "were uniformed in Zouave, red, picken red caps, white waists, red cambrick pants white cotton stockings…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… and opened a studio specializing in landscape and portrait photography. Starbird released a series of photographs called “The Woods of Maine,”…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… waltz surpassed older dances like contra or group dances in popularity. One historian called the period from 1812 to 1912 the "Waltz Century." The…"

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

"… with Martin's observation about the Millerites, a group that set a date for Christ's second coming, and their encampment in Orrington."

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

"… Description The Millerites, a religious group who believed that Jesus would reappear on earth between March 21, 1843 and March 21, 1844, held a…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Steamer "Bangor," 1847

"… In 1847, John Martin (1823-1904) was among a group of Bangor area residents who went on a one-day excursion aboard the new iron bottom propeller…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865

"… store." He further explained the workings of the group and its effects and wrote of the Mutual Store, "This store has been a curse to me ever…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"Portrait of William W. ThomasNew Sweden Historical Society In the early 1860s, President Abraham Lincoln selected thirty war consuls whose job it…"

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project

"He described and provided photographs of the groups' members, detailed dance steps, and otherwise documented the importance of dancing as an…"

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

"… discussed "society" and the "aristocracy," a group he did not always admire, but among whom he sought acceptance – and respect."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… and several of his family members had their portraits painted by Famed artist John Singleton Copley, who perhaps uncoincidentally was allegedly…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… and chebaccos: Early Settlement Photograph of a portrait of Colonel James Swan, 1795 X The beginnings of European settlement of Swan’s Island…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"With the previous two cannery group portraits there is a mystery why they were made. With this plant, there is not."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… Town Reports) Nora Rackliff Graduation portrait, Farmington, 1922Farmington Historical Society Nora Rackliff Typing Certificate…"