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John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations: Inventions & Creations

"… Illustrations: Inventions & Creations"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Artists and Inventors of Biddeford

"Artists and Inventors of Biddeford Creativity has flourished throughout Biddeford's history. Particularly in the arts and technology, the folks in…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Lamps and stove, John Martin store, Bangor, 1864

"… to infuse heat over a large room that ever was invented." Martin opened the store in 1862 after many years of working as an accountant and…"

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

"In a journal he began writing in 1864, Martin described a cart he invented in about 1833 -- and provided a detailed illustration."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"… and schools, gardens, neighborhoods, his inventions, fashions, his children, his interest in dance, and his friends, including those who went to…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Use policies and agreements

"Use policies and agreements Please click on this link to read the policies for use of the materials on this site: MMN Policies and Agreements X…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hampden, Upper and Lower corners, 1835

"… an account of his activities as a dance student and dance master for his wife and children, so they would know more about his life and activities."

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

"Martin, an accountant and shopkeeper, and his wife, Clara Cary Martin, had six children. Their daughter, Annie, he noted, graduated from the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"He invented a unique method of refrigerating butter, and was well-respected for the goods he sold. Centre street, Bath, ca."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"Pepperell's saving grace was the invention and production of the Vellux blanket by Francis Spencer, and a very small portion of the mills continued…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ezekiel Hopkins house and grounds, Hampden, 1840

"… a journal in 1864 to provide details of his life and activities for his wife, children, and descendants."

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

"The journal provides detailed descriptions of the buildings and business. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

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

"… Light in Stockton Springs, and a picnic that he and his wife and children had. Members of the Third Parish Church in Bangor, joined by the First…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John and Clara Martin wedding hack, Bangor, 1850

"… dollars and was owned by Mess Shaw & Billings and was perfectly black of the nicest polish and silver mounted in every particular even the hook on…"

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

"… He further explained the workings of the group and its effects and wrote of the Mutual Store, "This store has been a curse to me ever since the…"

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

"… and "particular." He drew illustrations of, and explained and postulated about, architecture, folk art, the greater Bangor area, gardening and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 121-end

"Mail boxes. He wrote again about his family's history in Ellsworth, his childhood in Brewer and Hampden, his lameness, his mother's illnesses, his…"

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

"… landscaping and gardening, education, business, inventions, family life, neighborhoods, and almost all other aspects of 19th century in the Bangor…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"Martin's fascination with new inventions, with architecture, with dance, with education, with gardening, and with the ins and outs of operating…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin, Bangor, ca. 1868

"In 1855, Martin and 43 other Bangor area men started the "Dancing Fraternity," a group that studied and practiced the latest dances."

Music in Maine - HEAR

"Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the first telephones, started the Dictaphone Company. Bell improved on Edison’s phonograph by adding new recording…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations

"In the Journal and the three scrapbooks are 34 full-page illustrations, many of which are watercolors; 37 half- or quarter-page illustrations, 32…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Mabelle Martin's casket, Bangor, 1899

"… of the family home and included it in the Scrap and Sketch Book he wrote starting in 1888 in which he recounted his activities and recalled some of…"