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AHP00300.jpg
Julian and Dorothy Weir are sitting on the porch of the Weir house located on Nod Hill road in Ridgefield.

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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.

Which Will Your Brother or Sweetheart See?.png
Advertisement trying to convince middle and upper class women to apply for war work at the U.S. Employment Bureau in Bridgeport, CT.

Why Veterans Day? .pdf
Little blurbs from people in Hartford who discuss Veterans day and how they feel about it

William Cummings.pdf
The article at the top has the American Flag logo which is typically placed at the top of any articles in the Ridgefield Press which have news about the war. Underneath it gives a short obituary to him pertaining his service during the war and life.

Bill Cummings.jpg
William "Bill" Cummings is staring at the camera in uniform.

Winchester Repeating Arms-New Haven 1920.jpg
Photograph of the Winchester Repeating Firearms building in New Haven, Connecticut in the late 1910s to early 1920s. The poster for the Women's Suffrage Movement in the window indicates the likely timeframe.

Browning Machine Gun Production-New Haven CT.jpg
Assembly line workers craft Winchester rifles during the Great War
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