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Mobile libraries: Trailers (second generation)
Ingram, Stanley, 1979, Photograph
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Mobile libraries: Trailers (second generation)
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Mobile libraries: Trailers (second generation)
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Mobile library van parked at Silverknowes.
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Ingram, Stanley
Date
1979
Size
20.2 x 25.4 cm
Type
Photograph
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Two articulated trailer mobiles were first introduced in 1961 (and a third in 1963) holding seom 2,500 books, including a collection of junior books for the first time. Staff amenities were improved with the provision of a toilet and a cooking area. All three trailers were in active service until 1979 when they were replaced by this "second generation", each holding around 4,000 books. These vehicles were used into the 1990s.
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