Pack Horse Library
September 11, 2017 at 9:55 am 2 comments
In the 1930s in Kentucky, women on horseback delivered library books, traveling over 100 miles per week, as part of a WPA initiative to increase employment and literacy.
Read the full article at Atlas Obscura.
Thanks, Linda Gresham!
Entry filed under: perpetrated by animals, perpetrated by staff, public libraries.
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Library Shenanigans 
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Mimi Cruz | September 14, 2017 at 10:44 am
How cool is that? I mean it is really cool 😎
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vicky | December 13, 2017 at 9:12 am
wow, that would have been my perfect job!!