Traveling Library

A mobile library furnished Randolph County residents with reading material in the 1920s. It is seen here in front of the Randolph County School House in downtown Wedowee.

A 1920s photograph of a traveling library—a truck with shelves of books built into the side—parked in front of a school building while women and children peruse the books. The signage on the truck reads “Randolph County Library.”
Courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History

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A 1920s photograph of a traveling library—a truck with shelves of books built into the side—parked in front of a school building while women and children peruse the books. The signage on the truck reads “Randolph County Library.”