Line of people, mostly children, stretching toward the DC Public Library bookmobile, parked on Douglas Street at Kenilworth Avenue NE on a winter day. The photo was taken from the exit door of the bookmobile. The pedestrian bridge over the Anacostia Freeway is visible in the background.
Children wait in line to enter a DC Public Library bookmobile at East Capitol and 53rd streets SE. A sign in the background advertises the Capitol View Carry-Out eat-n-park located in a building with an awning and signs advertising Coca-Cola visible in the right background of the photo.
Children and adults wait to enter a DC Public Library bookmobile. The caption states that the vehicle was parked in a busy grocery store shopping center. A bicycle leans against the bookmobile in the left middle ground.
Children in cold weather clothes peruse the shelves in a DC Public Library bookmobile parked at Georgia Avenue and Madison Street NW. An adult man and woman are visible in the background. A book display above their heads promotes the books, 'Winnie the Pooh' and 'Tim to the Rescue.
A line of adults and children wait to enter the DC Public Library bookmobile. The open exit door is visible to the left of the photo. In the middle ground, a boy sits on the ground next to a dog, two large baskets, and a bag.
A line of people, mostly children, wait to get into a DC Public Library bookmobile. A large puddle is next to the line. The side of a drugstore is visible across from the bookmobile and apartments can be seen on the hill behind the vehicle.
Long line of people, mostly children, wait to get into the DC Public Library bookmobile, parked on Douglas Street at Kenilworth Avenue NE on a winter day.
DC Public Library bookmobile number 2, a tractor trailer with a book capacity of 4,500, parked outside the DC Public Library building at 499 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. The Federal Trade Commission Building, or Apex Building, is visible behind the cab of the bookmobile.
Children in cold weather clothes peruse the shelves in a DC Public Library bookmobile parked at Pennsylvania Avenue and 27th Street SE. A man in a suit stands in the background right.
Children wait in line to enter a DC Public Library bookmobile at East Capitol and 53rd streets SE. Houses can be seen behind the line., Exact date from dcpl_archives_0102 which was clearly taken on the same day
Elevated view of a long line of people, mostly children, to get into the DC Public Library bookmobile, parked on Douglas Street at Kenilworth Avenue NE on a winter day. A station wagon parked on the street across from the bookmobile, houses, and apartments can be seen in the background., Exact date is inferred from three other pictures dated February 21, 1962 that appear to show the same line on a wet winter street.
Side view of DC Public Library bookmobile number 1 photographed on a snowy day. The caption describes the bookmobile as having a GMC engine, 1 1/2 ton chassis, cab over engine, van type; 179 inch wheel base, gross weight approximately 16,000 pounds. The caption also states that it has a 2,000 book capacity and began operation May 15, 1950.
Children and adults peruse books in a DC Public Library bookmobile at East Capitol and 53rd Streets SE. Two fans are visible on the tops of the bookshelves. A girl in the foreground holds and umbrella.
A line of people, mostly children, stretches toward the DC Public Library bookmobile, parked on Douglas Street at Kenilworth Avenue NE on a winter day.
