Stories and poems are memorized by the blind
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Librarian helping children select books.
Washington County Free Library
An open door to many
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The family gathers to select their books from the bookmobile shelves. A small barefoot girl, with her hands clasped behind her back, watches.
Trailing the Book Wagon
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Librarian and children at the bookmobile, between 1916 and 1921.
A woman in an apron stands with the librarian looking at the shelves. A group of boys in straw hats stand a little distance off. The dust on the back of the vehicle has been scribbled in.
Three generations
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The family gather at the bookmobile. Two bonneted women look at the books, while four small children look on.
Books for young farmers
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The 1912 bookmobile traveled to farms throughout the county. Two boys and a girl stand by the bookmobile holding their selections. The boys both have large straw hats.
Children at the bookmobile
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Children at, and some on, the bookmobile outside a large brick building.
The 2004 Bookmobile
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The 2004 bookmobile.
The newest bookmobile has a book capacity of 4,000 titles, a handicapped lift, four computer workstation outlets, air conditioners and heating, and an awning with outside lights. It is 32 feet in length. The Bookmobile was manufactured by OBS and has a Blue Bird Body.
The bookmobile 1985 - 2004
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1985 -2004. The IHC was replaced with two 1985 Thomas-built buses from High Point, NC.
The bookmobile 1969 to 1985
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In 1969 a new International Harvester Company chassis was bought. The body was constructed by the Thomas S. Maroney Bookmobile Co. of Shrewsbury, MA.
Inside the 1960s bookmobile
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Inside the bookmobile at its stop at Tilghmanton.
"Miona Roulette" written on back on photograph