Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… residents had moved West in search of a better life or to join family members who had also migrated."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John and Clara Martin wedding hack, Bangor, 1850

"… so his children would know what Bangor, business, homes, and various activities were like during their father's life."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Wood pile, 130 Center St., Bangor, ca. 1864

"On page 508 of the journal, he drew this illustration of the woodpile at his home at 130 Center Street, Bangor."

John Martin: Expert Observer - James Emery cottage, Bucksport, 1867

"… and illustrated five volumes reflecting on his life and environment and commenting on events in the greater Bangor area."

John Martin: Expert Observer - First Baptist Church, Bangor, ca. 1850

"… illustrating a journal in 1864 that recounted his life's experiences, drew the First Baptist Church on Center Street in Bangor where he and his…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890

"It was one of three scrapbooks and a journal he wrote about his life and surroundings. "Daisy" is on page 112 of the scrapbook he wrote beginning in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… he labeled as Scrapbook 1) reflects back on his life and recounts contemporary experiences. Ever the acute observer, recorder, and illustrator…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"Throughout his discussions of his own life and experiences, the communities in which he lived in Ellsworth, Hampden, and Bangor, and the general…"

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

"… Solomon Raynes and began a new chapter in her life and that of her son John Martin, then two years old."

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… going to the store, planning means, doing all the home canning possible, and how not to blame your grocer for any inconveniences."

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… of the ax in the great forest, and the hum of life in the home of the hardy pioneer. Then, as the years fly by, the growth of the settlement to a…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"Phebe had a hard life. She married three times. She married her first husband, Sanford Smith from Trenton, Maine, across Union River Bay, on March 5…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… of childhood days and earliest years of my life. And it all seems to me like a dream or a fairy tale, when I think of myself as a small boy moving…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"A note accompanying two buttons sent home says “The S.C. is South Carolina. I cut it from the coat of that Col. Bretton of the 6th S.C. Vols."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… letter and the cheering tidings of “all well at home” and thanks to A Kind Providence I am able to return the same message I am as smart as it is…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"Most of the churches and homes that were destroyed along French, Park and Center Streets were rebuilt, along with a synagogue on Center Street."

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… Cross Insurance Center that is now home to all of the kinds of events that have always been a part of Bass Park."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin, Bangor, ca. 1868

"… a native of Ellsworth, spent most of his life in the Bangor area. A bookkeeper and accountant for a number of businesses, Martin and his wife…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin self portrait, 1889

"… he wrote and illustrated various aspects of his life. The scrapbook focuses on his experiences working at Katahdin Iron Works, in a "wild land…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hampden, Upper and Lower corners, 1835

"… of Bangor began writing a journal to record his life experiences in 1864. He included a number of detailed illustrations, including this one of the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hampden House Bar, 1837

"The illustration is on page 105 of "John Martin's Journal," in which he described his life and his observations of the world around him."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Slave whip, 1864

"… that he read "many hundred pages on southern life and examined cuts of southern life." He also talked to a former slave, Frank Davis, who "followed…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Belles Early apple, Bangor, 1864

"… and shopkeeper who lived most of his adult life in Bangor, began in 1864 recording and illustrating reminiscences of his life, work, and events. He…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashions in Bangor, 1866

"… five volumes in which he reflected on his life and times. This illustration appears on page 149 of the "Scrap & Sketch Book" he began in 1864. The…"