By the roadside in Dargan
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The bookmobile visits Dargan in south Washington County.
Children visiting bookmobile or deposit stations
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Story hour, Brownsville
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The Librarian reads to children near Brownsville.
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.
His first view of the bookwagon
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His first view of the bookwagon.
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.
Selecting a book - Green Spring Furnace book deposit
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The book deposit station at Green Spring Furnace was a wooden case placed outside a house. Some readers needed to step on a box to reach the books.