Maine Memory Network

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

"… shopkeeper who was interested in architecture, landscape design, gardening, dancing, and other topics and wrote and illustrated five volumes of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin self portrait, 1889

"… "General business man, Expert Accountant, Landscape Gardener, Rustic designer, Origin of Martins perfect Waltz & March." He had worked most of his…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashions in Bangor, 1866

"… and shopkeeper who was interested in fashion, landscaping and gardening, business practices, architecture, and numerous other topics, wrote and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Design for rustic fence, gate, Bangor, 1867

"… was interested in architecture, gardening and landscaping, dancing, his family, politics, education, and numerous other topics."

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

"… in Bangor, who was interested in architecture, landscape design, gardening, dancing, and numerous other topics, drew the series of gate designs in…"

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

"… 1854 and immediately began renovating it and re-landscaping the grounds. A few pages earlier in the journal, he had drawn the house and grounds."

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

"… accountant and shopkeeper who was interested in landscaping, architecture, fashion, business practices and most other subjects of his day, drew…"

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

"… to about 1898 comment on his life, architecture, landscaping and gardening, education, business, inventions, family life, neighborhoods, and almost…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… 7, pages 452-534 Births of Annie, Junior, Elmer; landscaping and garden design, business failures and attempts to find work   Part 8, pages…"

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

"… himself: General business man, Expert Accountant, Landscape Gardener, Rustic designer, Origin of Martins perfect Waltz & March."

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"In contrast to these landscape backgrounds is the indoor setting of a tintype of two women who are seated between a trompe l’oeil doorway and window."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Duchess Anjoulene apple, Bangor, 1866

"… and shopkeeper in Bangor, was an enthusiastic landscaper and gardener. He also wrote and illustrated five volumes, reflecting on his life…"

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

"… Bangor, also was a devoted gardener, proud of his landscape designs, and the fruit trees and vegetables he grew."

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

"… Bangor, an accountant, shopkeeper, and garden and landscape enthusiast, drew this illustration of an apple tree on page 42 of a "Scrap and Sketch…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… apprentice in the landscape architecture firm of Frederick Law Olmsted, travel through Europe, and open his own landscape architecture business."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"The waterfront landscape was densely crowded with smokehouses, sardine canneries, lumber and coal businesses out on the wharves."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"… plant was added and the library grounds were landscaped at the same time the addition was constructed."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… in the evening.” Charles Eliot opened his own landscape architecture business and became a pioneer in that field."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… its sparkling bay, its inlets, its shores, its landscapes of hill, dale and plain…” The same qualities began to bring summer vacationers to town…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… left behind after the ice age formed much of the landscape. In the distance, Mt. Blue stands as a sentinel overlooking Farmington."