K24d ago
Molly White

NYC, 1919: Perched on a towering pile of donated books, a librarian calls from a megaphone to request more book donations for American troops stationed in France. The American Library Association’s campaign sent up to 55,000 books each month to military camp libraries.

via Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.40926/

#archivespelunking #books #bookstodon

Jul 3 at 2:44amWeb
Show threadMolly White4d ago
More on the Library War Service: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_War_Service
Library War Service - Wikipedia

Show threadJustin4d ago
@molly0xfff
What happened to all the books after the war?
Show threadMolly White4d ago
@justin they went to military libraries or were sent to state libraries to be distributed to libraries or public service organizations
Show threadCoastalCoasting4d ago
@molly0xfff
Beyond being a terrific picture, libarian, megaphone, and story, the term #archivespelunking brings delight too.
Show threadEverything is Public Health4d ago
@molly0xfff love this so much. Let's go librarians
Show threadToke Riis Ebbesen3d ago
@molly0xfff She looks more like a woman scoutmaster than a librarian, though. The source just says "woman".
Show threadMolly White3d ago
@tokeriis librarians in the Library War Service were uniformed
Show threadToke Riis Ebbesen3d ago
@molly0xfff Makes sense.
Show threadSable Shade🇦🇺 ☮️4️⃣🇺🇦🇵🇸2d ago
@molly0xfff
Thankfully gump and chumps inc. will see to it that no one goes without, once they have eliminated books and with the help of microslops, faceplant, gurple and Artful Insemination, we will all get our info gl🤮rped out to us one truthfactoid at a time.
Wont even have to ask a question as what you need to know will be provided
Thank you orange cheese fat