IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Early colonial matchlock musket, .75 ...

Donn Shearer, organizer of the School of the Musketeer, poses with a 1600s-era matchlock musket in his back yard in New Gretna. (Andrew Mills/The Star-Ledger) David Woltman of Lakewood is a heating ...

Gen. Harry Trexler was a military man and a hunter, so he had more than a passing acquaintance with guns. Hard to say how many firearms Trexler owned, but a Northampton man, Francis E. Miller, ...

Discovering history through hands-on learning can be a fun and interesting experience. Places like Rocky Mount, Exchange Place and Sycamore Shoals have excellent opportunities to learn everything from ...

Well before “Shogun” as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan, a Portuguese vessel ran aground off Tanegashima. Lord Tokitaka helped Captain Pinto repair his ship. The grateful ...

One of the fun things about making history a hobby is the opportunity to do things like shooting reproductions of historical firearms such as matchlocks, flintlocks and Civil War rifles. Leadership ...

In the colonial period and the Early Republic, laws required members of the public to possess certain arms and accoutrements. This post provides a glossary of all such items that are mentioned in any ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. overall, musket: 59 1/4 in x 1 5/8 in ...