On the trail of the book wagon
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The book wagon visits Four Locks, along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Lock 48 is in the background.
Washington County Free Library
Pioneer Library Book Wagon
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Handwritten: Pioneer Library Book Wagon, Washington County Free Library, Hagerstown, Maryland.
The original photograph had "Library Wagon 1903", written on it. The "03" is crossed out and "05" added.
In the country
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Another country home visited by the book wagon.
On Smithsburg Road
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The book wagon visits a country home.
Book wagon at Grimm's Blacksmith Shop, Cearfoss
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The book wagon visits Grimm's Blacksmith Shop in Cearfoss.
In harvest time
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Louise Frey of Ringgold identified the people in the photograph:
Man standing next to the book wagon horse -- Daniel Beard.
Lady in wheelchair -- Lottie Beard, daughter of Daniel. She had suffered from infantile paralysis (polio).
Little girl standing next to woman in wheelchair --Mary Catherine Leather (b. 1900). She, along with her two brothers, was raised by the Beards after her mother died. Mary Catherine's daughter, Louise Frey, identified the individuals.
Book Wagon near Dam No. 6
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Three means of transportation in western Washington County - the book wagon on the heights, the Western Maryland Railroad and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. The Potomac River is on the far right of the picture.
Margaret Binkley DuVernet (talks about Miss Titcomb and the bookmobile)
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Ed Klitch: Let’s talk about the Washington County Library. Tell us something in your own words about that. And do touch on this well-known lady, Miss Titcomb.
Parnassus Junior
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Marianne Brish Evett wrote this description of her days as a bookmobile driver in the early 1950s. It was written as a theme in freshman English at Randolph-Macon Women's College. She was encouraged to expand and polish it for the college Prose and Verse, an annual anthology of the best student writing. The library republished it.
Marianne was a page mostly in the Children's Room at the Washington County Free Library during high school, graduating in 1950. She writes:
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Oakes' farm yard, Middleburg Pike
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Visiting the Oakes' farm on Middleburg Pike, now Rt. 11, north of Hagerstown.