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  • Collection: Ridgefield in WWI

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Post card of Ridgefield crica 1910

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

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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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…

Gov. Street Photo.jpg
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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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.

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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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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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Five women look at the camera while sitting. They are clad in their uniforms and are smiling for the picture.

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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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