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Inside view of the Bookmobile

1956-07-12

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Inside view of the Bookmobile
  • Title
  • Inside view of the Bookmobile
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh Photo Lab
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B003.F11.I03
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B003.F11.I03
  • 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. Today, thirty-two senior centers, assisted living facilities, residential homes, and sixty-four preschool classes are visited monthly by the bookmobile. 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. Funded by the local community, local school district or local library, bookmobiles, which offer the same types of services that a stationary library provides, visit various communities in Allegheny County.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
    Allegheny County (Pa.).Free Library Service.
    Bookmobiles--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Children--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
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