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An interested passenger

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The passenger is Samuel Haverford Ranck, Librarian, Grand Rapids Library, 1904-1941. Source - Gordon Olson, Grand Rapids City Historian. In his annual report for 1914-15, the following information is found:

"The annual meeting of the American Library Association was held in Washington this year, May 25-29...." [1914, the annual report covers a fiscal year that began on April 1, 1914 and ended on March 31, 1915]

Books come by motor to gladden the hearts of county children

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Many counties are introducing a motorized circulating library service for the rural districts.

Image used in the National Geographic Magazine of October 1923 in a story about the automobile industry.