Battle Creek's first "gasless Sunday"

dc.date.accessioned	2019-09-25T15:58:11Z
dc.date.available	2019-09-25T15:58:11Z
dc.date.issued	1918-09-01
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/1000000560
dc.description	Sept. 1, 1918, the first "gasless Sunday" of World War I, brought people out for a stroll on a sunny Sunday and left the traffic policeman to read the newspaper at his post. The scene at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Main Street, now Capital and Michigan avenues, shows both popular modes of transportation that rivaled the horseless carriages — the street car at right and the interurban just turning the corner near the top of the frame. "Gasless Sundays" were invoked to conserve energy — even churches canceled Sunday services. During the week certain days were designated as "fuelless" to save coal or coke for the war effort. Only essential businesses, including cereal companies, were exempted from the order.	en_US
dc.format.medium	4x5 BW negative
dc.subject	WWI World War I transportation	en_US
dc.title	Battle Creek's first "gasless Sunday"	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US
dc.description.envelope	BATTLE CREEK HISTORICAL SEPT 1, 1918 CAPITAL AVE (THEN JEFFERSON AND MAIN) AND MICH. LOOKING EAST. STREET CAR AT RIGHT, INTERURBAN CAR UPPER RIGHT, TURNING CORNER. GASLESS SUNDAY, DURING WW I PEOPLE WERE ASKED NOT TO DRIVE ON SUNDAYS TO CONSERVE GASOL
dc.description.photographer	Submitted
dc.description.taxonomy	Geographic\|Battle Creek Area History\|Wars\|World War I	en_US