Allegheny County Bookmobile | Historic Pittsburgh

1952/1956

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Title
Allegheny County Bookmobile
Creator
Photo Associates Photographers
Identifier
MSP285.B003.F11.I02
Source Identifier
MSP285.B003.F11.I02
Description
The Carnegie Library first started the bookmobile service in 1952. The first bookmobile was a gift of the Wherrett Memorial Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation. Originally launched to provide library service to areas in Allegheny County which had no public libraries, the bookmobile currently serves members of a community that are unable to go to a library due to age and physical restrictions. Today, the bookmobile is stocked with a wide variety of materials including 2000 books, videos, DVDs, CDs, audio books, and a public access computer for children and adults. The bookmobile offers the same types of services that a stationary library provides.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
Allegheny County (Pa.).Free Library Service.
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
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