The Eastern States Exposition
The Big E, formally known as The Eastern States Exposition, is an annual fair in West Springfield, Massachusetts, which opens on the second Friday after Labor Day and runs for seventeen days.
The Big E in West Springfield, Massachusetts in 2007
The fair promoted on a period post card, c. 1930–1945
Avenue of States
Springfield cowgirls, c. 1930
West Springfield, Massachusetts
West Springfield is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 28,835 at the 2020 United States Census. The city is also known as "West Side", in reference to the fact that it is on the western side of the Connecticut River from Springfield, a fact which played a major part in the town's early history.
Storrowton Green at the Eastern States Exposition
The Hampden County Memorial Bridge, linking West Springfield to Metro Center in Springfield
The former Mittineague station, built during the expansion of West Springfield's industrial base, today serves as a local church congregation
The West Springfield Generating Station, a peaking unit utility