Interior, John Martin Store, Bangor, 1862
Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum
Description
John Martin (1823-1904), an accountant, had long worked for other businesses in Hampden and Bangor. In 1862, he opened his own store on Center Street near the Rail Road Bridge.
Martin, who began in 1864 writing a detailed account of his life and activities, drew the inside of the shop and provided descriptions of all of the items in the illustration, starting on page 561 of the 650-page journal.
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