Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Marcellus Emery, Bangor, ca. 1864

"… the war -- as well as Emery's pledge at the end of the war of his support for the Union. Martin was an accountant and shopkeeper who wrote about…"

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

"… accountant and shopkeeper, drew an illustration of Joseph Mitchell, operator of the Mutual Store in Bangor in 1865."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gravenstein apple, Bangor, 1866

"In the fall of 1864 I set this tree in location No 4 history page 477 (his "Journal") and in 1866 it bore 6 apples the size & color below I shew them…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 4, pages 57-76

"… about the 1864 presidential election and the end of the war activities in Bangor in which a large crowd of Union supporters marched through…"

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

"… from the maine stump about a foot from the bottom of the root." From the time he was 10, he was proud of his gardening and farming prowess and…"

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 - Elmer Ellsworth Martin, Bangor, 1865

"… Museum Description The illustrations of Elmer Ellsworth Martin (1860-1870) are included on page 648 of the "Journal" his father wrote…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fish weir, Ball Hill Cove, Hampden, ca. 1832

"… of the journal and Martin describes the process of installing it and of fishing. He wrote that alewives ran first and as the weather warmed enough…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Republican Wigwam, Bangor, 1872

"… and four men marching and singing, is on page 115 of Martin's "Scrap Book no 3," one of five volumes he wrote and illustrated reflecting on his…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865

"… State Museum Description On page 122 of a "Scrap & Sketch Book" he began in 1864, Bangor accountant and shopkeeper John Martin…"

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

"… pile but in giving the L on a line with the front of the house it diminished the width of the Jog so I left it out and have given this detailed…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rufus Prince residence, Bangor, 1850

"… Description John Martin (1823-1904) of Bangor made this drawing of Rufus Prince's brick house in Bangor where Martin and his wife, Clara…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Harris House, Bangor, ca. 1850

"The illustration is on page 369 of a journal Martin wrote and illustrated in 1864 recollecting his life's experiences."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dr. George W. Ladd, Bangor, ca. 1866

"… accountant and shopkeeper, who drew a series of prominent Bangor Democrats on page 26 of his "Scrap Book no 3," which he wrote and illustrated…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Primary and intermediate school, Bangor, 1865

"He wrote that the school was built in the summer of 1855 after residents of the area repeatedly petitioned for a school in the neighborhood."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 48-64

"He discusses a number of local politicians and projects, including the plan for a Bangor to Waterville Railroad."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 6, pages 97-113

"Ten members of the Penobscot tribe paddled the canoes.   Part 6, pages 97-113 Topics and personalities include: Irish immigrants Brig. Gen."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin barn plan, Bangor, 1867

"… shopkeeper who wrote and illustrated five volumes of reflections and commentary on his life and the Bangor area, drew this barn plan on page 7 of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin Jr., Bangor, 1865

"His father, John Martin (1823-1904), drew him "in his favorite inclinations" on page 647 of his "Journal" that he wrote and illustrated beginning in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First Penobscot Bridge, Bangor, ca. 1846

"The illustration of the bridge appeared on page 220 in a section he wrote about the Freshet of March 29, 1846, which destroyed the bridge."

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

"Martin included the illustration on page 49 of a "Scrap and Sketch Book" he began writing in 1864. He wrote that it was the first gunboat in the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor High School, Abbott Square, 1865

"John Martin (1823-1904), in an account of his life and activities that he began writing and illustrating in 1864, included this drawing on page 619."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 1, pages 000-26

"… Franklin House, and his theme throughout much of this volume: the decline in manners and morals."

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

"Poignantly, he also recorded the deaths of two of his daughters, Annie Martin Snow and Mabelle Martin."