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one of the first ever bookmobiles
the first bookmobile is Cincinnati
one of the first bookmobiles in Kurdish land, Iran
one of the first bookmobiles in indonesia
this is the inside of a book bus
TenderMurphies
Another view: http://i.imgur.com/yPgGevU
Kamica
I remember seeing one of those, once =), at my primary school I think? (I'm 23 atm, so not that long ago)
wherearemydragonflies
Loved the bookmobile when it came around during Summer vacation!
SoThisIsHowTheWorldEnds
Bring this back, please...
larktcduryee
Head over to girhg.com
Bebrumpy
Ahhh...the Dewey decimal system and card catalogs; good times.
LaAguaChocha
*Kurdistan
idontknowyoufromadam
As a Swede, I remember when the bookbuss used to stop by my school, many years ago. Happily, we still have a bunch around the country.
norbert79
In Hungary we had the moving libraries, back then those were actual trams. They were in service to allow access to books for workers.
SuddenRandomFinnishGuy
Library busses still drives in finland.
ChloeRed
There's some in parts of the UK, they also provide 'net use like the static libraries do.
supercolio
Our town just got a new one! (Orimattila)
EClaire1073
There is at least one here in the US. It's called Bess the Book Bus. They usually do a tour around the country every year.
whatdidweeverdotodeservedogs
My town in Washington has a library bus too.
Ilovefluffyalpacas
Even Berlin, Germany!
Haineko
Malta aswell.
StaleBeerFarts
Ah yes, the Amazon-mobile... where as an 8 year old I would buy books then wait three days for them to arrive
ILikeRespondingWithWillSmithGifs
We have those when I was a kid. All the kids in the neighborhood would borrow a book and return it to read another.
TheLST1982
I forgot Amazon sold books.
DootBoop
Cincinnati mentioned. Swell with chili.
ThatOneGuyNero
And now, the german bums Bus
TannhasserGate
Close to where I live there is a canal boat that is also a library which is ran by a old punk...
alexicanz
GD i used to love book mobile day
Gantzz321
the fact that OP refers to this as Amazon 100 years ago, shows they lived a privileged and short life.
overboardAnt
These are still common in finland. Awesome
EnderPanda13
I want one. For reasons
MsAlderaan
Why do these not exist anymore?
Muddskipper2
My guess is Librarys, online shopping, consumer availability, cost outweighs benefit, ebooks, internet, shifting interests. Shot in the dark
DeadVogonPoetsSociety
I'm sure some conservatives didn't want to fund them any longer
sakujou
what about the bangbus?
TheBurpyPony
People complain about feeling old... my wife was a librarian and use to drive one of these behemoths
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LadyWidebottom
I remember when the bookmobile would come to my school. We had a library on site, so I'm not sure why, but I loved it all the same.
Donnicton
For the stuff that the school didn't carry. https://img0.etsystatic.com/125/0/12142196/il_570xN.987521408_du5e.jpg
ChloeRed
One of the reasons a mobile library visited my school was to swap books with our library, so that all the schools could rotate books around.
WKBetafiggit
Question, how do they keep the books from falling while driving?
FARMYARD
in the last image a lot of the books were in p.o box like things, i think your hard cover books would of been ok in shelfs
ideologist
would have been**** go read a book
TibztheSugarGlider
When the book mobile transforms does it become Amazon Prime?