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Council of Defense propaganda poster emphasizing assistance and cooperation of CT newspapers

It is an account on the food plan leading into the war and in the event of war. It was published in the Ridgefield Press.

Connecticut State Council of Defense
Dear Sir:-
Sometime ago you received from us Town Bulletin #3 requesting you report to the Council instances of disloyalty or utterances of a seditious or traitorous nature, etc.
We have received a request…

Advert showing multiple cartoon scenes. Men in trenches under a bombardment, a doughboy marching with a smile, a Gramophone and soldiers and sailors on a steamship.

Ammunition fragments from Colt Vickers machine gun in World War I. Shown in this image are intact, battle used ammunition fragments from the Colt-Vickers M1915 machine gun. While production of the gun was slow at first, many Vickers machine guns…

A women working at Colt Manufacturing Company oiling a machine.

4,600 Vickers Machine Guns were purchased from the Colt Manufacturing Company by the US government to arm the military.

Colt Manufacturing advertising their influence in war efforts, referring to themselves as the National Standard Through All Wars.

While the Colt Manufacturing Company grew tremendously during the Great War Era, the industry did not rely solely on…

Soldiers put Connecticut manufactured weapons to use after Colt received their government funding for Vickers machine gun production

While few Vickers machine guns were ready for the start of 1917, many began to reach the front lines by September…