Chicopee Collection

description - Firemen with a hose are climbing a ladder to put out a





fire on the top floor of the Williams Market which was located at 103





Main Street in Chicopee Falls. Smoke can be seen pouring out of the





round window near the roof of the… subject - Fires -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee; Williams Market; Stores, Retail -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee; Chicopee (Mass.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. relation - Is part of the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/ Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/chicopee,6

description - Spectators gather on Main Street in Chicopee Falls to





view 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. subject - Fires -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee; Williams Market; Chicopee (Mass.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.; Trolley cars -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee relation - Is part of the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/ Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/chicopee,5

description - Covered bridge built in 1846 connected Chicopee center





with Granby Road and Chicopee Street. A.G. Spalding & Bros. building is





directly to the left at the end of the bridge. Since colonial times,





the area below the bridge was a… subject - Covered bridges -- Chicopee (Mass.); A.G. Spalding & Bros. relation - Is part of the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/ Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/chicopee,4

description - Two young women from the Fairview section of Chicopee





are standing behind their hives. On the left is Miss Ethel T. Dyer who





was the supervisor of the Aldenville Canning Club. subject - Bees; Beehives; Schools -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee; Aldenville Canning Club; Dyer, Ethel T. relation - Is part of the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/ Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/chicopee,3

description - Collection of beehives which were distributed to





students who tended the public school gardens in Chicopee. subject - Bees; Beehives; Schools -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee relation - Is part of the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/ Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/chicopee,2

description - A club member, Lillian Sansoucy, stands in a field to





the right of a table displaying prizewinning jars. The sign on the table





identifies her as Chicopee's champion canner.


subject - Aldenville Canning Club; Canning and preserving; Food -- Preservation relation - Is part of the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/ Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/chicopee,1

description - Area in the Willimansett section of Chicopee formed by































































































the convergence of Chicopee and Meadow Streets resembled the letter… subject - Streets -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee; Stores, Retail -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee; Y Cash Market; Big Y relation - Is part of the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922.Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/ Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/chicopee,0