Fire in one of the oldest buildings in Chicopee Falls, May 7, 1921

Title

Fire in one of the oldest buildings in Chicopee Falls, May 7, 1921

Subject

Williams Market
Fires--Massachusetts--Chicopee
Chicopee (Mass.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Trolley cars--Massachusetts--Chicopee

Description

Spectators gather on Main Street in Chicopee Falls to watch a fire in an old wooden frame building. 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

[ca. 1919]

Contributor

Chicopee History Room

Is Part Of

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

Format

Photographs

Coverage

Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Chicopee

Identifier

RGPC.03-130

Files

RGPC.03-130.jpg

Citation

Gilbert, Russ H., “Fire in one of the oldest buildings in Chicopee Falls, May 7, 1921,” Chicopee Archives Online, accessed March 18, 2024, https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/4127.