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Trailer Service from the Legler Regional Library, ca. 1940

Trailer Service from the Legler Regional Library, ca. 1940


Title	Trailer Service from the Legler Regional Library, ca. 1940
Description	The Legler Library at 115 South Pulaski Road began an experimental trailer service to area industries on April 19, 1940. The first three industrial plants to receive the service were Binks Manufacturing Company, Brach's Candy Company and Dowst's Tootsie Toy Manufacturing Company. Many area factories held defense contracts and the men and women were working 10 to 12 hours a day. Since they did not have the time to visit their local libraries, the Library's "service to your door" was very popular among the West Side workers. In 1943, circulation to Brach's employees alone was 12, 338 volumes. Black and white photo, 26 x 21 cm.
Neighborhood/Streets	West Garfield Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Subject.TGM1	Public libraries Automobiles
Subject.LCSH	Bookmobiles -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Photographs Document delivery -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Photographs Public libraries -- Circulation and loans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Photographs Legler Regional Library (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- Photographs Public libraries -- Services to business and industry -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Photographs
Photographer/Artist	Unknown
Time Period	1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949
Repository Name	Chicago Public Library Special Collections and Preservation Division
Repository Number	PHOTOGRAPH SPE-CPL Archives Photographs tb 1.3
Language	eng
Collection	Chicago Public Library Archives
Rights	http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php
Type	Digital image
Original Format	Photographs
Size	26 x 21 cm.
Format	image/jpeg
Subject.LOCAL	bookmobiles

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