Gasless Sunday in Market Square
Title
Gasless Sunday in Market Square
Subject
World War, 1914-1918--Economic aspects--United States
Market Square (Chicopee, Mass.)
City Hall (Chicopee, Mass.)
A.G. Spalding & Bros.
Chicopee (Mass.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Description
Pedestrians on left street corner gaze on a nearly empty square during World War I. City Hall is on the right and A.G. Spalding is in the background. During World War I the federal government proclaimed gasless Sundays in order to conserve gasoline.
Creator
Gilbert, Russ H.
Date
[ca. 1919]
Contributor
Chicopee History Room
Is Part Of
Is part of the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/
Format
Photographs
Coverage
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Chicopee
Identifier
RGPC.03-095
Files
Citation
Gilbert, Russ H., “Gasless Sunday in Market Square,” Chicopee Archives Online, accessed November 28, 2024, https://chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/4124.