Nashville Public Library Digital Collections

- Photograph of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile, circa 1957
- A photograph of eager young readers boarding the "traveling branch" bookmobile of the Nashville Public Library, circa 1957. The bookmobile service in Davidson County, Tennessee originally began in the 1940's, when the State Library Project...
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- Photograph of the interior of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile, circa 1957
- A photograph of the interior of the "traveling branch" bookmobile of the Nashville Public Library, depicting the librarian and the young readers, circa 1957. The bookmobile service in Davidson County, Tennessee originally began in the 1940's, when...
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- Photograph of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile in the Nashville Christmas parade, 1955
- A photograph of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile featured in the Christmas parade of 1955. The bookmobile service in Davidson County, Tennessee originally began in the 1940's, when the State Library Project furnished a bookmobile which made...
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- Photograph of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile, circa 1941
- A photograph showing young people greeting the arrival of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile, circa July, 1941, at Stewart's Cash Grocery in Davidson County, Tennessee. Mrs. Frances Parkes and Mrs. Leah Rose, employees of the Nashville Public...
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- Photograph of two Nashville Public Library bookmobiles in Centennial Park in front of the Parthenon, circa 1955
- A photograph showing two of the Nashville Public Library bookmobiles and drivers in Nashville's Centennial Park, circa 1955. The Parthenon, originally built for Tennessee's 1897 Centennial Exposition, is pictured in the background. The bookmobile...
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- Photograph of Nashville Public Library staff members shelving books in the bookmobile, circa 1955
- A photograph of Nashville Public Library staff members placing books on the shelves of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile, circa April 1955. This particular bookmobile was in service from 1954-1973, with approximately 3000 volumes aboard the...
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- Photograph of the Nashville Public Library Airport Reading Room, circa 1962
- A photograph, circa 1962, of an airline stewardess reading a book in the Nashville Public Library Airport Reading Room, the first branch library reading room ever to be established in a Municipal Airport. The Airport Reading Room was established...
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