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John Martin (1823-1904), an accountant, opened his own store on Center Street in Bangor in about 1862. The illustration of the store appears on page 559 of a journal Martin wrote about his life and experiences.
He wrote, "In giving the previous outline I have coppied a sketch made by a lovesick man who came along July 20 1862
dressed in dirty ragged clothes sitting on the high ways by the fences and sketching churches and various buildings on a roll of paper laid across his knees I found on examining his samples that they were remarkably correct and his only instrument was a pencil and for the fun of it I gave him 10 cents a piece to draw my house & store and I have both coppies before me now."
The store was by the Rail Road Bridge.
About This Item
- Title: John Martin store, Center Street, Bangor, 1862
- Creator: John Martin
- Creation Date: 1864
- Subject Date: circa 1862
- Location: Bangor, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 1972; 1997.16.4
- Object Type: Image
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