Dr. Martin Taylor

Name/Title

Dr. Martin Taylor

Entry/Object ID

LU47

Description

Dr. Martin J. Taylor, Janesville. 3 3/4" x 5 3/8" black and white photograph of Dr. Taylor aka Dr. Martin J. Taylor, Janesville physician, who also founded the Janesville Concert Band; see Accession 39.02.1 for photograph of Taylor and the band members in a practice room. Dr. Taylor lived in the large home at Second and N. Mott St. (in 2002, it is the Fenelon Place, a bed and breakfast inn).

Context

Dr. Martin Taylor was an active social, civic and educational advocate for over 20 years in Janesville, Minnesota; some of the projects he was involved include the public library, public utilities, art, music, drama, tennis, landscape (residential boulevards) and local government (twice-elected Janesville mayor). He came to Janesville in 1881 and opened his medical practice on North Main Street. He married a local woman, Stella Carpenter in 1886 and became the father of two children: Marvel and Douglas Taylor.

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

July 3, 2002

Update Date

December 5, 2025