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Travelling Library, Bronx

3 historical photos taken here in 1938, oldest first.

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  • Travelling Library - Bronx., 1938

    Travelling Library - Bronx.

    1938

  • Travelling Library - Bronx., 1938

    Travelling Library - Bronx.

    1938

  • Travelling Library - Bronx., 1938

    Travelling Library - Bronx.

    1938

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Travelling Library - Bronx., 1938

Photo 1 of 3 at Travelling Library, Bronx

Travelling Library - Bronx.

1938

Travelling Library: A view of the library truck operated by the Extension Division of the New York Public Library as it stopped on Wallace Avenue, near Astor Avenue to serve the young readers of the neighborhood. This is a set of three views taken the same day, at the same location. May 11, 1938. P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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