The meaning of Library

[John Swindler]

For what its worth, in the late 1940s, Edmonton set up a mobile library in 
an old trolley and parked it on some unused trackage on the northwest side 
of the city.  I've seen a photo of the car's interior, possibly in a 1978 
issue of Headlights.

John S.




>From: Derrick J Brashear <shadow at dementia.org>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: Re: The meaning of Library
>Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 11:58:25 -0500 (EST)
>
>On Sun, 20 Feb 2000 brathke at juno.com wrote:
>
> > In response to Ken's question about his caption on the Library car at
> > Grant and Liberty...
> >
> > I never HEARD anyone question the meaning of the name "Library" on the
> > destination sign, but as a small child I recall WONDERING if that 
>trolley
> > went to the library.  No joke.
>
>There was an old comic in (I think) the Pittsburgh Press (could it have
>been Cy Hungerford? Or was he P-G? I guess I'm too much of a young-un)
>where I think someone was inquiring at the door or a PCC marked Library,
>and the operator said "you want the bookmobile!(*)"
>
>-D
>* - The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh as the regional library operates a
>fleet of large rv-like vehicles which serve outlying areas which have no
>library of their own or only a small one, one day every week or every
>other week during some part of the day. The older ones bore at least some
>resemblance to a bus. The newer ones look much more like a mobile home.
>

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