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Women in uniform: Aurelie Austen a "War Hello Girl" poses in front of the Highland Curt Hotel.

Three women Red Cross workers, one in a Red Cross Smock

Mrs. Buckley, wife of former Senator Bulkley and Mrs. Bissell, wife of Mr. Bissell president of Hartford Fire Insurance

Women dressed in long fur coats to stay warm as they drove in open motor cars for war effort

Table showing demographics of metal workers in Connecticut in 1920

WWI Memorial with names of Thomaston men and women who served, organized by Army, Navy, Marines, and Red Cross and Army Nurses.

Soldiers put Connecticut manufactured weapons to use after Colt received their government funding for Vickers machine gun production

While few Vickers machine guns were ready for the start of 1917, many began to reach the front lines by September…

Sheet music for the song "The Red Cross Girl," which is about a wounded soldier talking about a Red Cross nurse that he calls an angel.

Small advert with a saluting soldier in a field of flowers, next to a road. There is a car moving down the road to a resort style destination in the background.