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John Martin: Expert Observer - Old Bill, gundalow crossing Penobscot River, Bangor, 1846

"Old Bill, gundalow crossing Penobscot River, Bangor, 1846 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"Harbor Cottage served first as family homestead for A.C. and Emily Savage who had eight children of their own."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 65-83

"… Charity School Bangor House Peter Edes Bangor-Old Town railroad Mount Hope Cemetery North Bangor (Veazie) Bangor bridges, churches, schools Bangor…"

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

"old when he commenced his social life and also when he commenced to perform business which occured in July last in the national Insurance office in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashion in Bangor, 1865

"… of what his mother wore when he was 4 years old and commented on what had changed, especially in bonnets, in 37 years."

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

"… John Martin (1823-1904) was about 10 years old when he built his own plow and had his own garden on the land his family rented in Hampden."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Clara Cary, Rinaldo Wiggin, John Martin, Bangor, 1844

"… height but from this time untill she was 19 years old she grew slim and a little taller. her dress was a blue & red spotted Delane with a small…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Brewer, ca. 1838

"… style of cap was in fashion when I was 4 years old they had no visor and were wadded with cotton batting and sometimes trimed with fur."

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

"… could read a word as early as from 3 to 4 years old she made books her friend & has never yet departed from them.' In the center, she is shown as…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hampden Town House, 1849

"… activities that he began in 1864. He wrote, "The Old Town House in Hampden has to this day a quantity of powder & balls which were deposited there…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rufus Prince's factory and store, Bangor, 1864

"… shows the wooden store as it was in 1850 and the old factory before it was rebuilt and the brick store as it was rebuilt and as it appeared in 1864."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin Sr. home, Ellsworth, 1823

"… in February 1824 when his only son was 11 months old. The younger John Martin visited Ellsworth as an adult, with his mother, and re-created the…"

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

"He wrote that it was located at the "Bangor Olde Town & Millford Switch and crossing on Market Street." He drew the house as it looked before Samuel…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin cone cedar tree, Bangor, 1866

"… one on someone's pasture, he had the 15-year-old, 12-foot-tall tree dug up and planted it in his yard."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"… & Billings lines Sheriff Wingate Carr Fire at old Hampden Academy George H. Starbird Temperance Seth Merrill Tavern & Hall Thomas Greenhalgh…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

"… began to sail off bearing easterly." His 6-year-old daughter, Ada, commented, while the balloon was at its highest point about "poor man one mile…"

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

"… County, drew this illustration of an 11-year-old girl, whose name he could not remember, who was the step-daughter Alex Morrison, of one of the…"

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

"1868Maine Historical Society In March 1889, when he was 66 years old, John Martin of Bangor led a "grand march" at an inauguration day dance in…"

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

"… Museum In October 1885, when he was 62 years old, John Martin left his home in Bangor for long stretches to work as an accountant at the Katahdin…"

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

"… Ellsworth, died when his only child was 11 months old. Because John Martin did not know much about his father, he wanted to insure that his…"

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

"… and that of her son John Martin, then two years old. John Martin backbend, Bangor, 1844Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum The…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… permanent settlers of European descent to make a homestead on Mount Desert Island. The Manchester family first settled in 1775 near present day…"

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

"Her Surry homestead passed to her three children under the laws of intestacy. Phebe in Her Old Age Phebe wears a black coat in the only…"

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