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Gasless Sunday in Market Square
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| Title | Gasless Sunday in Market Square |
| Full Size Image | http://dlib.cwmars.org/cdm4/images/full_size/chicopee/20.jpg |
| 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. |
| Publisher | C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/ |
| Date | ca. 1918 |
| Type | image |
| Format | image/jpg |
| Relation | Is part of the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/ |
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