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

"… play in the yard and discovered a hammock in his mother's apple tree." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 3, pages 38-56

"… Thurston & Metcalf Nath Harlow nursery Apple tree Ada Martin Solon Wilder Egyptian Caravan Southern sentiments Yales Mammoth Tent Penobscot County…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin Jr., Bangor, 1865

"… red sled Tiger in 1862," "mutilating his apple tree," with David Towle, wading in the mud in 1865; and with Fred Wood playing horse in 1864."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Belles Early apple, Bangor, 1864

"… and rich." He also wrote, "Sept 2 1866 Adas Tree had 125 apples of this color and average size, some were larger and a few smaller." Martin…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"… 38-56 Daniel Chaplin tribute, favorite apple tree, Ada Martin gymnastics, gun boat Mahoning, McClellan supporters, ideal homestead, former slave…"

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

"… that he "went into the woods and found a pine tree with a root running out like a plough shear and I made a plough and covered the moulboard with…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Elmer Ellsworth Martin, Bangor, 1865

"… Cary Martin (1836-1902), stories; climbing a tree at center, and showing his father, John Martin (1823-1904), "what he and Junior learned to do on…"

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

"… first and as the weather warmed enough for pear trees to bloom, shad began running in the river. Martin, who worked as an accountant and store…"

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

"… located behind a number of large elms & butternut trees & surrounded by a high buck thorn hedge I observed the building I have given on Page 75 and…"

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

"… was about 100, he wrote, so he sat under a tree and marked the shape and size of all parts of the building, then went home and made the sketch in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… against diseases and how, types of fruit trees and other plants that Martin grew and how he took care of them, and the organization of interiors of…"

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

"… Charcoal Iron finances and closing, Martin fruit trees   Part 4, pages 121-end Family history in Ellsworth, Bangor area; butchering, work for…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 74-138

"… War Cobb Dancing School Ezekiel Hopkins Hopkins house illustration John Shey Farming Locofoco System of Free Trade Tyler Wasgatt Brick School House…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin homestead, Bangor, ca. 1864

"in Bangor in about 1852. Martin, an accountant, shopkeeper, dance enthusiast, and gardener, drew this detailed illustration of the house and grounds…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 362-451

"He described other houses he owned, and ones he lived in, especially the Soule house, which became his family home; and his brother Alonzo's visit…"

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

"… pages earlier in the journal, he had drawn the house and grounds. Accompanying this illustration, he wrote, "In drawing the house & L had I been…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rufus Prince residence, Bangor, 1850

"The illustration is on page 341. The house and brick tenements and brick store were built in 1832-1833. The house was at 176 Center Street."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"… side of the street in the rear of the Resivoir, House painted chrome yellow with yellow curtains The wood shed & out house fence Rough boards no…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 452-534

"… of his children Annie and John Martin Jr., his house and gardens on Center Street -- with illustrations, and business dealings and failures…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 278-361

"… events, and places included are: Bangor Pest House Nath Harlow Alonzo E. Raynes Rufus Prince Capt. Mitchell Cyrus Lord Cassander Cary E."

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

"Coombs Eben French Court House Maine Charity School Bangor House Peter Edes Bangor-Old Town railroad Mount Hope Cemetery North Bangor (Veazie) Bangor…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations

"… State Museum When he visited Belfast and saw a house he admired, John Martin stopped to sketch it -- in great detail."

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

"… all the thing beautifull and convenient a mans house barn and gates should constitute three, well the fourth, his cellar the fifth his grounds the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"… "Every available place on the bridges custom house wharves tops of store houses vessels boats rafts vessels masts were litterally jamed." The…"