Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Thomas White Dry Good Emporium, Bangor, 1864

"… building is captured in a drawing done by John Martin (1823-1904), an accountant and shopkeeper who wrote and illustrated a journal reflecting on…"

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

"… State Museum Description When John Martin (1823-1904) was a child, his stepfather, Solomon Raynes, moved the family to a farm on Ball…"

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

"… in 1864, Bangor accountant and shopkeeper John Martin (1823-1904) drew a full-page illustration of Excursion Wharf, Fort Pownal, Fort Point Light…"

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

"Martin, a Republican, described the activities of the post Civil War Democrats in Bangor. Martin wrote about a speech Ladd gave on Sept."

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

"… 3, pages 139-194 Approximately 1840-1844 John Martin, still a teenager in the experiences he recollected, already had experience working for…"

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

"… and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper, drew an illustration of Joseph Mitchell…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Plan of North End of Bangor, 1844

"… State Museum Description In 1864, John Martin drew this "Plan of the North End as it was from the Rail Road Bridge to Nath Harlows March…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Grant-Wilson political rally, Augusta Depot, 1872

"John Martin (1823-1904) of Bangor illustrated the event as part of his "Scrap Book no 3" that he wrote and illustrated starting in 1876."

John Martin: Expert Observer - F. A. Soule House, 130 Center Street, Bangor, 1852

"John Martin (1823-1907), an accountant and shopkeeper in Bangor, bought the house in 1852. He and wife and child and his parents moved into it."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor post Civil War parade, 1865

"… and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper, wrote about a parade in Bangor on July 4…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor parade, July 4, 1865

"… fashionable felt & straw hat" as depicted by John Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper who reflected on and recorded details of…"

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

"… and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904), who was working as an accountant at Katahdin Iron Works in Piscataquis…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lunt House, Cumberland at Center streets, Bangor, ca. 1852

"… and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904) drew this illustration of the Lunt House at the corner of Cumberland and…"

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

"… on contemporary events in the Bangor area, John Martin (1823-1904) drew a number of illustrations of what he saw as the ideal gates and fences for…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Capt. L. J. Morse, Co. A, Maine State Guard, Bangor, 1864

"John Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper, drew the illustration of Morse on page 25 in his 1864 "Scrap and Sketch Book." He…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo Raynes remembrance of trip around Cape Horn

"… is a "late tribute" to Alonzo Raynes, John Martin's stepbrother who went to California in 1849 on the first vessel to leave Maine for during the…"

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

"When he was about 21, John Martin (1823-1904) began working for Prince as a bookkeeper and store tender."

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

"John Martin (1823-1904), an accountant and shopkeeper, first saw the electric railroad in operation on July 4, 1889 and drew this illustration of it."

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

"… Street in Bangor are part of a journal that John Martin (1823-1904) of Bangor wrote and illustrated in 1864-1865 recalling his life and experiences…"

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

"… and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904) was a meticulous bookkeeper, gardener, and architecture and dancing enthusiast."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations: Inventions & Creations

"… Illustrations: Inventions & Creations"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations: Towns & Locations

"… Illustrations: Towns & Locations"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations: Businesses

"… Illustrations: Businesses"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations: Events

"… Illustrations: Events"