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The City Librarian, Mr. I W Malcolm and the Deputy Librarian, Miss N M Irvine, admire the new Mobile Library. The new vehicle replaced the caravan Library which had been in use since 1969. It was 30ft long, 8ft wide and 11 ft tall, weighing 5 tons. The new mobile library was painted two shades of blue and displayed the Palmerston North coat of arms, adapted to suit the Library. It carried a book stock of 3,000 books which included 1, 400 books for children.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
November 22, 1973
Digitisation ID
2008P_L49_TRA_1512
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

Tags
1970s,
black and white,
books,
ian malcolm,
mobile library,
palmerston north public library,
photographs,
transport,
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