Crowd Watches the Williams Market Fire

Title

Crowd Watches the Williams Market Fire

Subject

Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Chicopee

Description

Spectators gather on Main Street in Chicopee Falls to watch a fire in one of the oldest buildings in Chicopee Falls, May 7, 1921
Hanging above the crowd are electrical trolley wires. These wires powered the trolley cars which ran on Main Street in the 1920s.

Creator

Gilbert, Russ H.

Date

1917-1922

Is Part Of

Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/

Format

Photographs

Identifier

Gilbert-03-130-01

Physical Dimensions

11cm x 6.5 cm

Files

Gilbert-03-130-01.jpg
Gilbert-03-130-02.jpg

Citation

Gilbert, Russ H., “Crowd Watches the Williams Market Fire,” Chicopee Archives Online, accessed November 7, 2024, https://chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/5026.