U.S. School Clothes: Activities--Book Mobiless


Figure 1.-- The large urban schools gradually acquired better book collections. This was very difficult for small rural schools to do. One way of addressing this problem was book mobiles. Here rural students could get some access to books. By the 1920s, urban schools were beginning to develop reasonable libraries. This was not the case in small rural schools even by the 1940s. The photograph here shows children at the Cypress Creek School in Winn Parish Louisiana gathering around a bookmobile in 1938. For most rural children this was the only access to books.

Access to books both for reading and research is a critical part of the educational process. Early schools had very limited libraries. The large urban schools gradually acquired better book collections. This was very difficult for small rural schools to do. One way of addressing this problem was book mobiles. Here rural students could get some access to books. By the 1920s, urban schools were beginning to develop reasonable libraries. This was not the case in small rural schools even by the 1940s. The photograph here shows children at the Cypress Creek School in Winn Parish Louisiana gathering around a bookmobile in 1938. For most rural children this was the only access to books.







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