Photograph
Railroad Car Library
| Public Library housed in a stationary railroad car in Adams, WI. The train car was a gift from F. W. Sargent of the North Western Road at the request of Mrs. J. F. Duncan and Mrs. Pearly Bennett of the Adams Library Association. Mrs. Hazel Fease worked to make the train car into a subscription library. |
| Image ID: | 42938 |
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| Creation Date: | |
| Creator Name: | Newhouse, John |
| City: | Adams |
| County: | Adams |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Classified file, circa 1850s-1950s |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | (N48)1173 |
| Original Dimensions: | 4 x 5 inches |
| "Railroad Coach, Without Wheels, Gives Adams Nontraveling Library." Milwaukee Journal 30 Oct. 1938: 29. See Wisconsin Local History and Biography Articles. |
| Libraries |
| Railroad cars |
| Public buildings |
| Library buildings |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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