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

"… with yellow curtains The wood shed & out house fence Rough boards no paint Resivoir scuttles cast iron set in granit square blocks." View…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"… and shingles needed for boats, dwellings, barns, fences, and barrels. They cut hay in the salt marshes and turned ancient forest trails into paths…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes diving off wharf, Hampden, ca. 1840

"… (1830-1918) of Brewer often dove off a pile of boards on Covaly's wharf in Hampden in order to retrieve an egg that his friends dropped in the…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Revenue gunboat "Mahoning," Bangor, 1864

"I then went on board & examined her machinery guns & work generally which was all plain and of the very best material and painted & varnished and…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"At low tide, the wooden fence hinders the passage of fish, rendering them easy to spear or catch. Wabanakis did not build this weir due to fishing…"

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

"… now I made a perfect cart with stake rings side boards Snibells to lip up and all the acoutrements for both a tight body and a sloven hay racks…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Bangor, 1849

"Raynes (1830-1918) pictures him as he is about to board the bark Suliote on January 24, 1849, sailing from Bangor to California and the Gold Rush."