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  • Collection: Ridgefield in WWI

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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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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 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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Post card of Ridgefield crica 1910

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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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While Windsor had created the trend of "honor roll boards", which would be adopted across many towns in Connecticut to keep fresh in the minds of thier residents those who served overseas, Ridgefield is unclear if it did. Inquiring with several…

Memorial Plaque WWI.png
While Windsor had created the trend of "honor roll boards", which would be adopted across many towns in Connecticut to keep fresh in the minds of thier residents those who served overseas, Ridgefield is unclear if it did. Inquiring with several…

WLA Training School Poster.jpg
The WLA had a camp in Ridgefield which organized women to take over the traditionally male role of providing food for the family through farming and harvesting crops. Ridgefield had thirty women (mostly students) who came to Ridgefield to work the…

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This man is standing facing the camera while smiling. The three stripes on his shoulder denote his rank of Sergeant in the military. He is featured in several photos of the WWI section of their photo album.

Weir Farm Historic Site Visitor Center
This is a building built to serve as the central piece to the site and help manage visitors.
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