Gasless Sunday in Market Square
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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.
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.
Publisher
C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/
Date
ca. 1918
Relation
Is part of the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/
Format
image/jpg
Type
image
Identifier
Files
Collection
Citation
Gilbert, Russ H., “Gasless Sunday in Market Square,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 19, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/194.
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