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  • Tags: World War One

ViewScan_0000 (1).pdf
The first two pages of the item are also discussing Ridgefield and the War, but the image had been damaged and is partially illegible.

Cora Weir Brest 1918
The first photo is of Cora Weir sitting in her uniform while looking to the left and facing the camera. The second photo is of her standing outside of the American Red Cross station. There is a black background between the two photographs, and a…

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A line of women in uniform are standing. There are two photos, taken in sequence and consist of the same shot.

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A group of five women in uniform are surrounding a pump in a semi-circle facing the camera. Four of the women are standing, while the fifth has tongue out and is drinking water from the pump.

Memorial Plaque WWI.png
While Windsor had created the trend of "honor roll boards", which would be adopted across many towns in Connecticut to keep fresh in the minds of thier residents those who served overseas, Ridgefield is unclear if it did. Inquiring with several…

WLA Training School Poster.jpg
The WLA had a camp in Ridgefield which organized women to take over the traditionally male role of providing food for the family through farming and harvesting crops. Ridgefield had thirty women (mostly students) who came to Ridgefield to work the…

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This man is standing facing the camera while smiling. The three stripes on his shoulder denote his rank of Sergeant in the military. He is featured in several photos of the WWI section of their photo album.

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Five women look at the camera while sitting. They are clad in their uniforms and are smiling for the picture.

Weir to Wood, Dec 22, 1914.docx
It is a transcript of the letter, which the original is in the Huntington Library in Sana Marina CA.
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