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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.

In the mountains beyond Smithsburg

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In the mountains beyond Smithsburg. The 1912-1916 bookmobile stops at the house with a white picket fence. A family, dressed in their winter clothes, is selecting books.

The Nally boys and their Ma

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The Nally family farm was "Below the Neck", near Williamsport. The three young men look at the books in the vehicle, while their mother stands by in her bonnet and apron. The bookmobile appears to be parked near a barn.

Bookwagon stop at the Old Road House, National Pike, Indian Springs

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The bookmobile is parked along a road. A whitewashed log cabin is in the picture. The librarian wears a winter coat, the two women looking at the bookmobile shelves do not.

The book wagon

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Three ladies, Mr. Thomas, the driver, and the original bookwagon, 1905-1910. They are standing in the road, beside a high white picket fence. Joshua Thomas, a Civil War veteran and member of the GAR, had earlier served as the janitor in the library. He was listed on the 1910 census as a "Book Missionary" for the public library.