Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Pigeons in War" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
camera, carrier pigeon, homing pigeon, military, military messenger, messenger pigeon, military photographer, Pigeon, pigeon photographer, war, warfare.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"The Pigeon-Post at Sea and in War"
The Abbeville Press and Banner (Abbeville, SC), December 11, 1901, Page 6, Image 6, col. 4.
"Visitor from a Distance"
The Havre Herald (Havre, MT), December 29, 1904, Page 8, Image 8, col. 2.
"Red, the Homing Pigeon"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), November 20, 1909, Page 8, Image 8, col. 1.
"Passing of the Passenger Pigeon"
The Columbus Journal (Columbus, NE), March 29, 1911, Page 6, Image 6, col. 1.
"Carrier Pigeons Have Become Photographers"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), July 20, 1912, Page 5, Image 5, col. 2.
"Great Britain's Ruler Fond of Pigeon Racing"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), August 24, 1912, Page 2, Image 2, col. 1.
"The Carrier Pigeons' Importance in War"
The Washington Herald (Washington, DC), October 11, 1914, Magazine Section, Page 34, Image 34, col. 1.
"How War Has Turned Pigeons Into Photographers"
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA), November 29, 1914, Page 38, Image 38, col. 1.
"Homing Pigeons Useful as Messngers in War"
The Sun (New York, NY), February 7, 1915, Fourth Section Pictorial Magazine, Page 8, Image 40, col. 5.
"Carrier Pigeons In War"
The Ogden Standard (Ogden City, UT), August 15, 1917, 4 PM City Edition, Page 3, Image 3, col. 1.
"Pigeons' Part in Winning War"
The Red Cloud Chief (Red Cloud, NE), January 16, 1919, Page 7, Image 7, col. 1.
"Great War Work of Pigeons On Battlefields and the Sea"
The Idaho Recorder (Salmon City, ID), June 20, 1919, Page 6, Image 6, col. 1.
"Time Needed to Manage Pigeons"
The Kendrick Gazette (Kendrick, ID), February 25, 1921, Page 4, Image 4, col. 3.

Pigeons in War: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America