New York's First County Bookmobile

Images of children using bookmobiles are among the most endearing portrayals of public library service. An especially appealing image (shown...

Early Portland (OR) Bookmobile Postcard

The predecessor of the Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon was the Portland Library Association which was established in 1864. Ori...

Book Trailers

Gary (IN) Public Library book trailer Clark County (IN) Public Library book trailer Kenosha (WI) Public Library book trailer Southwest Wisco...

Best Bookmobile Websites

Happy National Bookmobile Day! For this occasion I've selected some bookmobile websites for your enjoyment. The image above is of the co...

Gerstenslager Bookmobile Postcard Ads

For many years the Gerstenslager Company in Wooster, Ohio was synonymous with bookmobiles for public library extension librarians. Although...

Bookmobileana

National Bookmobile Day is next Wednesday, April 13, so I thought I would take this opportunity to highlight some bookmobileana. The item s...

Book Wagon For Sale on eBay

As a proponent of a library history museum , my adrenalin got going pretty good when I came across an historic book wagon for sale on eBay ....

Maryland Bookmobiles 1952

This clever brochure in the shape of a bookmobile promotes bookmobile service in Maryland in 1952. Maryland was the birthplace of mobile ...

Book Automobiles

On April 14, the American Library Association (ALA) will celebrate the first National Bookmobile Day . I recently acquired the 1937 ALA publ...

Bookmobile Celebration

I learned through a Twitter message from the American Library Association's Library that there is going to be a National Bookmobile Da...

Kentucky Library

The postcard above was mailed by a resident of Elizabethtown, Kentucky on November 1, 1958 (51 years ago today) to a friend in California. T...