Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Circus swing, Boston, 1853

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904) of Bangor wrote about and illustrated…"

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

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description On page 122 of a "Scrap & Sketch Book" he began in 1864…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First electric railroad car in Bangor, 1889

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The first electric railroad -- or trolley -- began operating…"

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

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904) of Bangor drew this illustration of…"

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

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The James Emery home in Bucksport was located at the head of…"

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

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin apple tree, Bangor, ca. 1862

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904) of Bangor, an accountant, shopkeeper…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Thieves in Bangor, ca. 1865

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper…"

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

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Dr. George W. Ladd (1818-1892) of Bangor was an apothecary and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Benjamin Kimball, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Benjamin Kimball, a Bangor lawyer, served in Co."

John Martin: Expert Observer - James Dunning, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description James Dunning of Bangor operated a seed and grocery store and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Society Lady of 1889," Bangor

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904), an accountant and shopkeeper who was…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fred Ryder, Bangor, 1864

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Fred Ryder was an orphan who lived with his uncle in Bangor."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dr. Charles Snell, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Dr. Charles Snell of Bangor was the son of a doctor."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Cornet Band member, 1864

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904), an accountant and shopkeeper in…"

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

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904), a Union man, drew an illustration of…"

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

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin of Bangor, in writing and illustrating a journal…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The south side and west end of Third Parish Church, also known…"

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

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The primary and intermediate school shown here was on the east…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… pageant ran from December 23 to December 31 with states, territories, and even foreign nations contributing Christmas trees and/or symbols to the…"

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

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description On Thursday, Oct."

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

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Under his drawing of a Gravenstein apple and a tree that…"

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"… and the secession too, so they joined the Union states to fight against the South to end slavery and reunite the United States."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"On one occasion they were serenaded back to their state-run hotel where Soviet citizens were not allowed to join them in their rooms."