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Photograph of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile, circa 1941

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Photograph of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile, circa 1941

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Title	Photograph of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile, circa 1941
Corporate name	Stewart's Cash Grocery (Davidson County, Tenn.) United States. Works Progress Administration Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County--History
Topical entry	Buildings Libraries Business Capital City City Government County Government Downtown Nashville Transportation Popular Culture Public libraries--Tennessee--Nashville Reading promotion--Tennessee--Nashville Carnegie libraries--Tennessee--Nashville Libraries and society--Tennessee--Nashville Bookmobiles--Tennessee--Nashville Librarians--Tennessee--Nashville Vehicles--Tennessee--Nashville Public service employment--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Tennessee--Nashville--Country life Tennessee--Nashville--Rural conditions Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description	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 Library, traveled with the truck on its service route to rural residents in the outlying communities. The bookmobile project was under the direction of Librarian F. K. W. (Francis Keese Wynkoop) Drury and sponsored by the Works Progress Administration, the Nashville Public Library, the County School Library and the local Rotary Club. The bookmobile service in Davidson County, Tennessee originally began in the 1940's, when the State Library Project furnished a bookmobile which made weekly demonstration rounds through the county. In 1947, the Nashville Public Library initiated the "library-on-wheels" bookmobile service; by 1956, service had been extended to all of Davidson County. Forms part of the Nashville Room Historic Photographs Collection. 1 photograph : b & w ; 3 x 4.5 in.
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219.
Date	1941
Type	Still Image; Photographs
Format	image/jpeg (171 KB)
Identifier	P-2205
Relation	Nashville Room Historic Photographs Collection
Coverage	1940-1949
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
Location	Closed Stacks-P-2205