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Book deposit station in the Post Office at Jamestown (Guilford County)

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Title	Book deposit station in the Post Office at Jamestown (Guilford County)
Date	1915
Subjects	Public libraries--North Carolina Women--North Carolina Children--North Carolina
Place	Jamestown, Guilford County, North Carolina, United States
Time Period	(1900-1929) North Carolina's industrial revolution and World War One
Description	In 1915, the county commissioners appropriated funding for free service to county residents living outside the Greensboro city limits. In addition to opening library use to rural residents and offering telephone and mail service, the library placed stations in various places, including post offices, each with a bookshelf holding fifty books. The postmasters often served as librarians. Greensboro was the first public library south of Maryland to take books to rural residents.
Rights	Copyrighted Material see http://digital.ncdcr.gov/u?/p249901coll22,63752
Physical Characteristics	9.5 x 7.5 inches
Collection	Greensboro Public Library
Type	Image
Language	English
Format	Photographs
Digital Characteristics-A	6810.496 KB
Digital Collection	Transforming the Tar Heel State: The Legacy of Public Libraries in North Carolina
Digital Format	image/tiff
Audience	All