Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin Snow casket, Bangor, 1889

"She had been ill for several years. She and her husband of nine years, G. Fred Snow, had been living in New Brunswick, Canada, where he worked."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"Even though Martin wrote much of the book in 1864, he frequently returned to various topics and wrote updates or pasted in newspaper clippings…"

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

"… & bought her a nice album & wanted me to draw her home in it & write a poem which I did. & In the course of time She made a beautiful hanging…"

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

"… when he was 62 years old, John Martin left his home in Bangor for long stretches to work as an accountant at the Katahdin Charcoal Iron Co."

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

"In 1855, Martin and 43 other Bangor area men started the "Dancing Fraternity," a group that studied and practiced the latest dances."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations

"In the Journal and the three scrapbooks are 34 full-page illustrations, many of which are watercolors; 37 half- or quarter-page illustrations, 32…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - F. A. Soule House, 130 Center Street, Bangor, 1852

"He and wife and child and his parents moved into it. Martin made a sketch of the house, which he probably recopied onto page 391 of a journal he…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ladies Blush apple, Bangor, 1889

"In a journal and scrapbooks he began writing and illustrating in 1864 to recount his life and experiences, he often drew trees, gardens, and fruit…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashions in Bangor, 1866

"… and gardening, business practices, architecture, and numerous other topics, wrote and illustrated five volumes in which he reflected on his life…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin gate design, Bangor, 1867

"… design, gardening, dancing, and other topics and wrote and illustrated five volumes of recollections about his family and his life."

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

"… of this color and average size, some were larger and a few smaller." Martin (1823-1904), an accountant and shopkeeper who lived most of his adult…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashion in Bangor, 1865

"… and shopkeeper, was interested in fashion, and in the various reflections that he wrote and illustrated about his life, he often included comments…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Liz, widow Clark, Bangor, 1848

"… about the changes in Bangor between 1844 and 1864 and discussed women "who bore a bad name." He wrote that Liz and Clark rented a house and "In a…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro to pages 133-end

"… Dance, and Circular Waltz; various etiquette and health instructions, and explains the duties of a dance manager, and dances he led or received…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Plan of Alden Merry's house, Brownville Junction, 1893

"This illustration is on page 127 of a "scrapbook" he wrote and illustrated starting in 1888. View additional information about this item on the…"

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

"… accountant and shopkeeper who detailed his life and experiences and the communities in which he lived in a series of journals and scrapbooks, drew…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's plow, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… he was proud of his gardening and farming prowess and often wrote in his journal and other accounts about his gardens and plantings."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865

"… Martin, an accountant, gardener, and architecture and dancing enthusiast, also spent his time in 1864 and 1865 writing and illustrating a journal…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 3, pages 38-56

"He offers and illustration and a quite interesting discussion of a former slave who lived in Bangor and who explained to Martin and others what…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Martin-Raynes-Stevens Family Trees

"… to two of Rebecca's single daughters, Fannie and Ella Stevens, and then on to the daughter of their cousin."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gate no 2 design, Bangor, 1867

"… wrote five volumes of recollections of his life and of events and people in the Bangor area, beginning in 1864."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Reed Hardings neighborhood, Hampden, ca. 1833

"He began writing the journal about his life in 1864. Martin worked as an accountant and shopkeeper."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Slave whip, 1864

"Martin, a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper, wrote that he read "many hundred pages on southern life and examined cuts of southern life." He also…"

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

"… which was all plain and of the very best material and painted & varnished and clean as a penny." View additional information about this item on…"