"Y" at Willimansett

Title

"Y" at Willimansett

Subject

Streets--Massachusetts--Chicopee
Stores, Retail--Massachusetts--Chicopee
Y Cash Market
Big Y

Description

Area in the Willimansett section of Chicopee formed by the convergence of Chicopee and Meadow Streets resembling the letter Y. Looking southward, Meadow Street is on the left and Chicopee Street is on the right side. In the 1930s, the Y Cash Market, which today is known as Big Y was established in this neighborhood.

Creator

Gilbert, Russ H.

Date

[ca. 1919]

Contributor

Chicopee History Room

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.01-119

Files

RGPC.01-119.jpg

Citation

Gilbert, Russ H., “"Y" at Willimansett,” Chicopee Archives Online, accessed March 18, 2024, https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/4099.