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  • Collection: Ridgefield in WWI

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There was a basketball game between the Ridgefield team and the Danbury team which was referred to as "Germans".

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Post card of Ridgefield crica 1910

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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.

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Dorothy and Cora Weir are part of a group lined up and photographed in this photo. They are all standing in uniform.

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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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Photo of the Red Cross Training Class with Dorothy and Cora Weir in the back row.

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Several women are standing up outside of a group of shelters on both sides of the path facing toward three people carrying a flag in the direction of the photographer.

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At the point of the article the United States had not entered into WWI, and those going volunteered for service in the event that the U.S. would enter the war. Both Dorothy and Cora Weir were trained at this encampment.

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There are three photographs taken in this image. The upper left one has several well dressed individuals walking down a street as part of some ceremony. The second on the upper right is of Cora Weir in uniform. The third at the bottom of the page has…

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While typically postcards of this era depict scenery of wildlife or buildings, this one has a family in the picture. The picture is off the north side of Governor Street, which Gov. Lounsbury had a home built. Maps of the town reveal that the house…
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