[Ads-l] bookmobile (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

The current OED appeals list has "bookmobile" (currently from 1924).  Current evidence suggests that the word may have been coined by Anne Mulheron, a librarian from Portland.

Here is an article about and photo of Mulheron, when she was appointed librarian:
http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1920-12-18/ed-1/seq-10/

And here is an article about and photo of her "book wagon" from 1920 (but the term "bookmobile" does not appear):

http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1920-06-13/ed-1/seq-20/

and another from 1921

http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1921-08-14/ed-1/seq-12/



CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

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