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1937
First book trailer acquired.
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*When the Sohn family traveled by housetrailer to the ALA
Conference during the summer of 1937, Mr. Sohn visualized the
transformation of the vehicle into a book trailer which could furnish
library service to outlying sections of the community. Consequently, a 16
foot shell was ordered for the library from Schult Trailers, Inc. of
Elkhart, Indiana. A local contractor was engaged to make wooden shelving
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| Total expenditure for the Trailer Branch was less than $700.
The necessary motive power was provided by the local Package Delivery
Truck. Within the book collection of the trailer, there were "610
volumes of adult fiction, 333 volumes of adult non-fiction and foreign
languages, and seventy-six picture books" for preschoolers. Since
there were book collections on deposit in the city schools, the Trailer
Branch did not include library materials for elementary school children.
Trailer service began in 1938. |
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*Excerpted from Public
Library Service in Alliance, Ohio: 1885 to 1956 by Leah V. Agnoni.
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