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Colt New Service revolver produced from 1898 through 1946, it saw action in World War I.

This is an original Colt M1911 .45 caliber pistol used in World War I Era before modifications were made in 1924 with the release of the Colt M1911A1

On the top right of the barrel reads "Colt's Pt. F.A.MFG.Co. Hartford, CT, U.S.A" for "Colt's…

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…

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…

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

A women working at Colt Manufacturing Company oiling a machine.

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…

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.

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…

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.