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Keywords: Drummer

Historical Items

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Item 104766

Nebraskan NFBPWC delegation, Portland, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Portland Media: glass negative

Item 148511

Drum, Portland, ca. 1854

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1854 Location: Portland Media: Wood, hide, rope

Item 31503

Oramaudel M. Hubbard, Brunswick, ca. 1919

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1919 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Music in Maine - B-flat fife, ca. 1860

"… This fife was used by John Robbins when he was a drummer in the Civil War. It is made of brown spun wood with brass rings attached at the ends."

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Music in Maine - Drum, Portland, ca. 1854

"… drums by about two inches to accommodate the drummers, who were often younger boys. This drum measures about seventeen inches in diameter and is…"

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Music in Maine - Civil War drum, ca. 1861

"On the battlefield, drummers provided a visual location for the unit, helping to keep soldiers close together."

Site Pages

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Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"… his original plan, when he went to sign up for drummer boy he learned that drummer boy was already possessed by another boy."

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Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"… of a few paragraphs" Nathaniel Bodwell was a drummer boy in the army. He was born in 1800, and died in 1874, in Lincoln, Maine."

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"Humphrey Pike, 2nd Lieut. John Lord, 4 Sergeants, 4 Corporals, 1 Drummer, 1 Fifer, and 36 Privates. Next..."

My Maine Stories

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Powwow Music
by Chris Sockalexis

Playing powwow music with my group, the RezDogs