Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gravenstein apple, Bangor, 1866

"Gravenstein apple, Bangor, 1866 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Under his drawing of a…"

Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"Marston of Bangor between 1856 and 1859. Marston skillfully posed the seven sitters - a father, mother, three sons, and two daughters – to accentuate…"

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"Thomas R. Burnham arrived in Portland from Bangor in 1858 and was joined the next year by his brother John to operate the Burnham Brothers studio."

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

"… early in the year, and wrote, "when I was in Bangor July the 4th I had the pleasure of seeing the 4 cars which was run on that day I was told from…"

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

"… at the corner of Cumberland and Center streets in Bangor as it appeared in the early 1850s when his brother-in-law Luther Cary bought it."

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"These are a few ways that early and modern hospitals are similar. Alex Truax "How did early hospitals impact your life? Your future? Our future as a…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Otherwise they had to travel all the way to Bangor and down US Route 1A to Surry. When the Waldo-Hancock Bridge opened in 1931, this marvel of…"

Bangor Public Library

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Benjamin Ryder (1818-1881) who had inherited land on the western side of the harbor, built a small boarding house next to the steamboat wharf in the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"… 84-107 Bangor road issues, warmest, coldest days; Bangor skating rink, Bangor Cadet Company   Part 6, pages 108-128 Grant-Wilson, Greeley-Brown…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 22-71

"… Knowles John Pomlow Electric street railroad, Bangor Col. John Black Dr. Moses Adams Mary Adams Adams murder trial John Martin Sr."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 0-73

"… Merrill Rebecca Raynes Charles Merrill Elm House, Bangor Thomas Finson Skinner Farm, Brewer Henry K."

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

"… Bill Emery Alfred Herrick Antiquarian Society of Bangor John Sargent Jr. J. J. Jerome Aroostook War Cobb Dancing School Ezekiel Hopkins Hopkins…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… just as today, when the basketball team went to Bangor, Ellsworth or anywhere else to play, the fans from the Island towns cheered as MDI."

Norcross Heritage Trust

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Brewer, ca. 1838

"Raynes went to California in early 1850 during the Gold Rush fever. He lived in the Yreka, California, area the rest of his life."

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

"… the spring the year of 1832 or 1833 being early and described and drew this illustration of the fish weir that residents constructed on the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"1882Maine Historical Society In 1884, a railroad extension from Bangor through Ellsworth connected to a new Mount Desert ferry terminal."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Green Mountain Railway

"Frances H. Clerque of Bangor decided that he would bring the two together and create a railway to the top of the mountain."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… and every one almost who was of more than ordinary note. -Bangor Daily Whig & Courier, 19 August 1886. Continue to Activities for Rusticators"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Changing Times

"However, beginning in the 1840s Bangor gained dominance. Hampden became the place to go for social activities such as Riverside Park."

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… employing the decorative Queen Anne style in the early 1880s, he joined a generation of talented young architects in developing the Shingle Style…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"By the early twentieth century, several Maine architects relied on professional delineators for their renderings."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"Early in the 19th century, it even competed with Bangor, its neighbor to the north, for economic dominance in Penobscot County."