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Superior Bookmobile
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A group of children lines up outside the entrance to the Superior Bookmobile (an International truck), parked in a playground area. Other children holding books exit the trailer. The original caption reads: Superior Bookmobile (traveling library - built by Superior Body Company, Lima, Ohio." The text on the trailer reads: "Superior All Steel Bookmobile."
August 30, 1938
International Harvester Company
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W012YEU
WHi 62820
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Children with Bookmobile at Playground
August 30, 1938
Children line up at the entrance to the Superior Bookmobile trailer. Other children ride bicycles and play in a playground in the background. The original caption reads: "Superior Bookmobile (trav...
Girls Standing near Bookmobile
August 30, 1938
Three girls stand at the entrance of the Superior Bookmobile (an International truck) holding books. A child playing tennis is in the background. The original caption reads: "Superior Bookmobile (T...
International Truck with Trailer
1939
Two men speak to one another as a woman wearing an apron enters a trailer used by the Ohio Edison Company. The trailer is attached to an International D-2 truck and is parked in front of what may b...
Children at Playground
1925
Children playing games behind a fence. In the foreground other children are playing in a sandbox on a school playground next to several buildings.
Children at Playground
1925
Elevated view of adults supervising children using swings, a see-saw, a slide, and other playground equipment at Parker Street playground.
Children on Playground Slide
1919
A group of children posing on and beneath a wooden playground slide. There is a barn in the background.
