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Old County Bookmobile, First Inside Service Bookmobile in Texas |
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Panhandle,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
35° 20' 58.38272999988",
-101° 22' 53.3849199996"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
In use 1938-1957. Based at the county library on this site. A bright red, visible for miles, this first bookmobile in Texas was called The Library Bus. It stopped at ranches, schools, oil camps; circulated 2,000 books a month; served in era of sparse settlement, World War II growth and later industrialization. There were private and rental libraries in early Texas; the Republic had a National Library, but most county libraries were founded or instigated by local citizens- -as was this pioneer bookmobile. Texas still has 51 bookmobiles in other counties.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Old County Bookmobile, First Inside Service Bookmobile Historical Marker Location Map, Panhandle, Texas
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