A bookmobile or mobile library is a vehicle designed for use as a library. They have been known by many names throughout history, including traveling library, library wagon, book wagon, book truck, library-on-wheels, and book auto service.[1] Bookmobiles expand the reach of traditional libraries by transporting books to potential readers, providing library services to people in otherwise underserved locations (such as remote areas) and/or circumstances (such as residents of retirement homes). Bookmobile services and materials (such as Internet access, large print books, and audiobooks), may be customized for the locations and populations served.
Bookmobiles have been based on various means of conveyance, including bicycles, carts, motor vehicles, trains, watercraft, and wagons, as well as camels, donkeys, elephants, horses, and mules. (Wikipedia)
An Opened Bookmobile, 1925The First Bookmobile Of The Public Library Of Cincinnati, 1927A Mobile Library In Kurdistan, Iran, 1970Inside A Bookmobile, 1960sOne Of The Library Bookmobiles, 1948.A Bookmobile In Indonesia, Early 20th Century.The Bookmobile In Columbia Park, 1940BookmobileBook Caravan In Iowa, 1927Multnomah County Library, 1926Greensboro, North Carolina, 1936An Impatient Queue For A Dutch BookmobileThe Library’s Bookmobile On Compton Road, 1933Three Of The Bookmobile Staff, 1930Craig Medvigny (left) And David Sutton Enjoying A Book; Eleanor Mann Substitute Traveling Branch Librarian, 1920sMrs. Josie Sanders, Richard Sanders, Jerome Sanders And Two Younger Children. 1950sA Horse-drawn Cart In Washington In The 1900s. It Was One Of The First American Bookmobiles, Built In 1905, But Was Hit And Destroyed By A Train In 1910A Bookmobile In Indonesia, Early 20th Century.A Mobile Library In CanterburyA Boston Public Library Bookmobile, 1963A Bus With A View, 1967Utah State Library Bookmobile On The Road, 1970The Library’s BookmobileChildren Gathering At The Bookmobile, 1912Children Gathering At The Kern County Free Library Bookmobile At Aztec School, 1947A Very Fine Bookmobile Owned By The New Castle County Free LibraryRockville Fair, Maryland, 1928A Circulating Library In A Streetcar In Munich, GermanyBookmobile At Anne Arundel County Fair, 1973Sanpete County BookmobileSummer Rural Service, 1936BookmobileThe Book Caravan, One Of The First Traveling Bookshops, 1920.Books Free For Everybody, Right At The Door – If You Vote “yes”Library Bookmobiles In Front Of Union TerminalThe Library’s Bookmobile In Sharonville, 1938California State Library Bookmobile, 1950Patrons Visiting The BookmobileBookmobile, Southgate District, 1920sBookmobile In Madrid SpainThe Cincinnati Library’s First Bookmobile, 1927A Czech Book TruckOnboard The Connecticut State Library’s Bookmobile With Margaret Sullivan And Marcella Finan, 1967Chris Junapa Standing In The Kern County Bookmobile, 1980Patrons Visiting The Anne Arundel Country BookmobilePatrons Visit The Bookmobile In 1962. Mrs James B. Wilson, Librarian, Performs Readers’ Advisory Service At Far RightCarolyn Herntz Assists Patrons Visiting The Bookmobile, 1958Patrons Visiting The BookmobileA Photo Of The Bookmobile From Washington County (MD) Free LibraryBookmobile At Headquarters, 1977Presentation Of The New Bookmobile At The Paris Colonial Exposition Held In Paris France, 1931Multnomah County Library Bookmobile, 1925Multnomah County Library Bookmobile Interior, May 1927Multnomah County Library Bookmobile, 1930sSummer Book Wagon, 1928Multnomah County Library Bookmobile, 1924
Kids At Multnomah County Library BookmobileA Tram In Berlin With 2400 Books In Berlin, 1952Framingham Public Library, 1956Utah State Library Bookmobile On The Road, 1970The Bookmobile Of Providence Public Library, 1967Paul Buttars, Former Manager Of The Utah State Library Bookmobile Program, In One Of The “older” Bookmobiles. Taken In Chesterfield, Ut, 1975The Bicentennial Bookmobile In Utah, 1976Patrons Visiting The BookmobileKern County Library Bookmobile, 1950Getting Ready, 1976Patrons Visiting The Bookmobile In 1962Patrons Visit The BookmobileBookmobile, 1950Patrons Visiting The BookmobileBookmobilePatrons In Bookmobile LineBookmobile, 1999Bookmobile
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