An interesting family at Broadfording
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The bookmobile visits Broadfording.
Mobile Libraries
Near Saint Paul's Church
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Title In Annual report 1912- 1913 - Books for Old and Young.
Reverse of loose photograph: Isaiah Hull, Clearspring R.1
Near Dry Run
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Children at the Bookmobile, 1912-1916 at Dry Run, north of Clear Spring.
Near Lane's Run
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Selecting books near Lane's Run in western Washington County.
By the train tracks at Cohill Station
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The bookmobile stops by the Baltimore and Ohio train tracks at Cohill Station, western Washington County.
Crossing Fairview Mountain
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The 1912 bookmobile struggles up Fairview Mountain.
A difficult journey
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The Bookmobile by the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Potomac River.
Library Book Van Smashed in a Railroad Wreck
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Library Book Van
Smashed in a Railroad Wreck-
Mr. Thomas Escapes Serious Injury
The book wagon painting by G. A. Rudy
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This painting of the bookmobile depicts a visit to a home near Indian Springs, in western Washington County.
The wagon waits outside a log house
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The horses stand with the book wagon outside a log house built in the German vernacular design. The location is unknown, though the photograph was pasted on the same page in Miss Chrissinger's album, as the Hixon house near Hancock. The Chrissinger album was donated to the Library by Rosalie Layman.