Last updated on July 5th, 2024 at 06:35 pm

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In honor of National Library Week and National Bookmobile Day, we’re sending some library love! Explore the history of public libraries, including the important role of bookmobiles in sharing knowledge with all, in our History of US Public Libraries exhibition.

These photographs from the exhibition shows a number of bookmobiles and book delivery services in action: 

• A Rockingham County Library bookmobile, 1955, from the collection of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources via @digitalnc.
• A Charleston County Library bookmobile, 1967, from the collection of the Charleston Archive at CCPL via South Carolina Digital Library.
• A WPA-funded bookmobile serving children through the Athens Regional Library, 1944, from the collection of Athens-Clarke County Library via Digital Library of Georgia.
• And, last but not least, trucks are not the only the way to deliver books! This photo shows “packhorse librarians” ready to deliver books, ca. 1935-1943, from the collection of University of Kentucky via Kentucky Digital Library.

A perfect day to celebrate libraries and bookmobiles! -Emily