Connecticut in World War 1

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This weeks Friday Find comes to us, sort of, from Alan Learned, the grandson of WWI veteran Corporal Merritt Learned of Meriden. A few weeks ago, Alan alerted me to a collection of photos and a diary from a Connecticut soldier that was listed on eBay. I promptly let our […]

Friday Find – Corporal Ernest F. Schmith

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This week’s Friday Find comes from our friends at the Middlesex County Historical Society in Middletown, Connecticut. This fascinating pass comes from a book containing over 100 of these passes. The passes include name, residence, nationality, occupation, employer, and waterfront area the pass holder was permitted to access during World War I. A number of […]

Friday Find – Waterfront Pass

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Today’s Friday Find comes from the Museum of Connecticut History. Earlier this week our intrepid curator Dave Corrigan was looking through a file cabinet that once housed the museum’s World War 1 records. In it was an envelope marked “State Council of Defense, Div. of Moving Pictures”. Inside were passes […]

Friday Find – Movie Passes

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