Rapt attention
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Children gather around the librarian to hear a story.
Public schools
Inside Black Rock School
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The book wagon visited schools throughout the county to deliver books that were stored in the box in the schoolroom. The wooden box in the left corner is the collection of books. One of the sides of the box has "Washington County Free Library, Black Rock Branch" painted on it.
The date written on the blackboard is Sept 21 -06.
School room, Black Rock
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In the corner of the school room is a box with Washington County Free Library on it, so the school acted as a deposit station.
At one point there were small packages of books from the library sent each year to 127 classrooms in the county (50th anniversary booklet).