By the roadside in Dargan
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The bookmobile visits Dargan in south Washington County.
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On the way from the station, Brownsville
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Librarian and a boy carry a basket of books from the station at Brownsville. The librarian traveled to several small towns in Washington County by train, bring books with her.
Their first photograph
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A group near Sample's Manor in southern Washington County. A large family standing by the bookmobile. Mother holds a baby, the two small children are standing on the running board, and the males are all wearing overalls.
Friends in need between Trego and Sample's Manor
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The 1916-1921 bookmobile is pulled out of the mud... somewhere between Trego and Sample's Manor, in southern Washington County. Another photograph shows a horse doing the work to pull it out.
His first view of the bookwagon
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His first view of the bookwagon.
The first motorized bookmobile -1912
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This bookmobile was in use 1912 to 1916.
In March of 1912 an IHC Autobuggy with body by Thomas White was delivered by the International Harvester Company. It had a specially constructed top with shelves for 300 books and storage room for four deposit station cases.
A visit to Roxbury Penal Farm
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For several months in 1931 the bookmobile visited the Roxbury Penal Farm until the prison established their own library.
The 1960s bookmobile visits Tilghmanton
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The bookmobile 1957-1969.
The Studebaker was sold for $320 and replaced by a GMC with automatic transmission, power steering, power brakes, and a 206 HP, V-8 engine. The body was manufactured by Gerstenslager of Wooster, OH. The unit cost $12,895 and had a capacity for 2,800 books. The green and white GMC served Washington County until the late 1960's.
A mischievous group near Mountain Locke
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The women at the back of the bookmobile hold books, while a group of four boys in knickerbockers stands by the door of the vehicle.
Reverse : 1916 Koehler Bookmobile "on the road". Mountain Locke is on the C and O canal near Dargan.
Bookmobile outside the library in Hagerstown
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The bookmobile parked outside the Washington County Free Library on Summit Avenue, Hagerstown. This was the original library building and was in use until the 1960s.
Beulah K. Eyerly is seated next to the driver. She was an Assistant Librarian from 1912.