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Title
Cincinnati
Public
Library
branch
trucks
Subject
Cincinnati. Public Library
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Murdoch, James
McLaughlin, J. W.
Bookmobiles--United States
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description
Handwritten
on
reverse
: "
Three
Public
Library
Truck
parked
.
County
Service
,
Cincinnati
,
Ohio.
" The
Cincinnati
Public
Library
“book
wagon”
was
first
begun
in
1927
to
provide
service
for
county
schools
and
eventually
to
“bookstops”
around
the
county
.
It
was a
simply
a
one-ton
truck
with
bookshelves
covered
by
glass
lift-up
panels
, on the
outside
. The
Bookmobile
Service
grew
steadily
,
especially
through
the
1930s
and
1940s
. By
1988
, the
Bookmobile
was
undercut
; its
need
was
slowly
decreasing
as
new
suburban
branches
opened
and
better
transportation
allowed
people
better
mobility
. The
Public
Library
of
Cincinnati
and
Hamilton
County
is
now
one
of the
largest
and
busiest
public
libraries
in the
world
and
operates
41
branch
locations
.
It
began
in
1802
as a
subscription
library
. The
legal
birthday
of the
Cincinnati
Public
Library
is
March
14
,
1853
with the
passing
of the
Ohio
Common
Schools
Act
,
though
it
was of
little
importance
at the
time
. In
part
, the
act
established
funding
from
taxation
for
school
libraries
. In
1856
, the
library
was
called
the
“Common
School
and
Family
Library”
and
shared
an
office
with the
Office
of
Public
Schools
.
It
wasn’t
long
before
it
became
obvious
that the
library
would
need
more
space
and
better
access
,
so
in
1857
a
partnership
was
formed
with the
Ohio
Mechanics
Library
to
occupy
the
second
floor
of their
building
at
Sixth
and
Vine
. An
official
Public
Library
building
was
finally
completed
in
1874
,
having
been
designed
by
architect
J.W
.
McLaughlin
. The
building
was
considered
the "the
most
magnificent
public
library
in the
country
".
It
was
located
at
629
Vine
Street
, on the
west
side
,
between
6th
and
7th
Streets
,
it
is
now
referred
to as "
Old
Main
"
Public
Library
.
It
was
demolished
in
1955
when
the
“New
Main”
building
opened
at
800
Vine
Street
. The
Public
Library
of
Cincinnati
and
Hamilton
County
is
now
one
of the
largest
and
busiest
public
libraries
in the
world
and
operates
41
branch
locations
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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Type
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File Name
SA1039AV_B08F13_002_1.tif
Image Height
4914
Image Width
6045
File Size
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Display File Type
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Format
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Date created
2010-04-30
Date modified
2010-06-09
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