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Madison Free Library Bookmobile
February 9, 1954
African-American bookmobile driver, Bert Rogers, checking for carbon monoxide in the bookmobile because the motor is kept running for heat. The bookmobile is an outfitted bus.
Madison Free Library Bookmobile
February 9, 1954
Timmy and Joan Becker are reading a book by the shelves in the Madison Free Library bookmobile, which is parked in the Lakeview Heights neighborhood, a new city housing development.
Madison Free Library Bookmobile
February 9, 1954
The Madison Free Library bookmobile is pulling up in the Lakeview Heights neighborhood, a new city housing development. The bookmobile is an outfitted bus. One patron is walking towards the front o...
Madison Free Library Bookmobile
February 9, 1954
Alice Volker, a city librarian, boarding the library's bookmobile to start the day's rounds. The bookmobile is an outfitted bus.
Madison Free Library Bookmobile
February 9, 1954
Ruth Culliney and Jeanette Dega browse books on the shelves of the Madison Free Library bookmobile parked in the Lakeview Heights neighborhood, a new city housing development.
Madison Free Library Bookmobile
February 8, 1954
Seen through the inside of a window in the bookmobile are Patricia Stoffel, her daughter Nancy, and a neighbor boy, Mark Albertus, approaching the back door of the Madison Free Library bookmobile i...
