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23 Years On borough roads, Bookmobile One has logged more than 200,000 miles on Etobicoke's streets and roads
23 Years On borough roads, Bookmobile One has logged more than 200,000 miles on Etobicoke's streets and roads

23 Years On borough roads, Bookmobile One has logged more than 200,000 miles on Etobicoke's streets and roads

Date7/19/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: Pat Harris, at the wheel, has been driving it for the past six years. It will be taken out of service at the end of the month and not be replaced. In 1964, the borough's two bookmobiles accounted for more than 25 percent of the library's total circulation. By 1975, total circulation of the two vehicles dwindled to just over 6 per cent.
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodEatonville
    GeographyHistorical locationEtobicoke (Ont.), 1850-1954
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
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    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTS-2-125-GO-140
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