Maine Memory Network

Easton Historical Society

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Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society

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Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… part of the Blue Hill Fair for everyone young and old alike. Blue Hill Fair, 1937Blue Hill Public Library In Charlotte’s Web, E.B."

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."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Kids at the quarry

"… quarry Swan's Island 3-5 grade class on an old quarry boilerSwan's Island Historical Society Kim Colbeth's 3-5 grade class visited Baird's…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives

"Check out the exhibits below to see ways the students got involved: Old Buildings Exhibit Baird's Quarry Exhibit"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan Then and Now

"Our town has changed dramatically over the years as you will see when looking at the old photos.   Mragaret Chase Smith documentary"

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 - 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 - 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."

Byron Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… frequent and convenient rail service to Portland, Old Orchard Beach and Saco following what is now Route 1.(1) Trolley at Dunstan…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events

"One such celebration was Memorial Day. Old and young would gather near the Veterans Memorial. There would be a parade, speeches and music."

Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"… spacious houses of the early settlers of old Hallowell, with their ever hospitable doors still open to the guest. The same holds true today."

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place

"My wife and I love to look at old houses, and this town has tons of them. Though we appreciate the styles and though there are, for instance, some…"

First Parish in Portland

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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 - 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…"