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Carnegie Library Bookmobile

1956-07-12

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Carnegie Library Bookmobile
  • Title
  • Carnegie Library Bookmobile
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh Photo Lab
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B003.F11.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B003.F11.I01
  • Description
  • The Carnegie Library first started the Bookmobile service in 1952. The first bookmobile itself, seen here, was a gift of the Wherrett Memorial Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation. Its original purpose was to provide library service to areas that had no local libraries throughout Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. Since then, many new local branches have been built throughout the region and the main focus of bookmobile service has evolved into a way of bringing the library to people who otherwise might not be able to get to one.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.Bookmobile.
    Bookmobiles--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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