Towns-Union Regional Library Jeep Bookmobile | The American Library Association Archives
Title:
Towns-Union Regional Library Jeep Bookmobile
Date:
circa 1940
Description:
Photograph of a jeep bookmobile from the Towns-Union Regional Library in northeast Georgia.
On the back reads: "Books are made available by jeep in the rural mountainous area of the Towns-Union Regional Library in northeast Georgia. Miss Margaret Woodall, Director, and her educational assistant, Miss Cornelia Lowe, take turns in this unique type of bookmobile."
Attached description reads: "In contrast to the first bookwagon, this jeep shows a more modern means of reaching rural families with books. It is used in Georgia in places where the bookmobiles cannot go.
"Here it is fording a mountain stream to take books to readers back in the hills."
Found in RS 18/1/57, Box 4, Folder: Bookmobiles - Automobiles
Phys. Desc:
TIFF
Original: 8x10inches
ID:
ALA0002562
Repository:
The American Library Association Archives
Found in:
Subjects:
Rights:
The holder of copyright for this image is unknown. Please contact us if you would like to purchase a high-resolution copy of the image or if you can help us identify the copyright holder.
