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

RGPC.03-095.jpg

Citation

Gilbert, Russ H., “Gasless Sunday in Market Square,” Chicopee Archives Online, accessed March 19, 2024, https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/4124.