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- Collection: Firearm Manufacturing in Connecticut during the Great War
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Workers Outside of Winchester
A snapshot of workers standing outside of Winchester
Strikers push for eight hour work day in Bridgeport munition factories
Workers strike for an eight hour work day, ultimately succeeding in their protests.
Munitions Worker Bridgeport, CT
Woman making ammunition in Bridgeport, CT for Winchester model rifles during the Great War era
Billings and Spencer- Hartford, CT
Outside rendition of Billings and Spencer armory in Hartford, Connecticut near the time of the Great War
Winchester Repeating Arms Co. Assembly Line
Assembly line workers craft Winchester rifles during the Great War
Winchester Repeating Arms Building-New Haven, CT
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.
Women Manufacturing Colt Weapons
Pictured here are female workers on a Colt factory line producing weapons during the Great War era. Due to the length, weight, and shape of the material they are working with, it appears they are manufacturing barrels for the Colt Vickers machine…
Soldiers Pose with Colt USGI M1911
Pictured here are just fourteen (one soldier is carrying a different model) of the over two-million Colt M1911 handguns produced by the Colt Manufacturing Company. The handgun became the standard for soldiers of the United States army and navy, and…