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A snapshot of workers standing outside of Winchester

During both World War I and World War II, women were called upon to serve in factories on the homefront, producing weapons and ammunition for the United States armed forces. In nearly all photographs of Colt Firearm Manufacturing's assembly lines…

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…

Assembly line workers craft Winchester rifles during the Great War

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.

Promotion for women to work at ammunition and firearm factories during World War I

Workers strike for an eight hour work day, ultimately succeeding in their protests.

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…

The Colt M1911 was the standard military issued handgun that was used for training, combat, and daily life in the trenches, and was widely preferred by United States soldiers. In the book titled The Colt 1911 Pistol Leroy Thompson explains, "In the…