It seems difficult to connect.

And there are cars like this.

Put a wheel on the book.

Spread knowledge to distant places.

In the past without modern electronic communication, books were the only way for people to acquire knowledge and information. However, due to its remoteness or its own limitations, reading has become a big problem for many people.

As a result, people began to equip the library books on various means of transportation, making the library "mobile", which was collectively called "mobile library" and became a bridge for many people to acquire knowledge.

The earliest traceable "mobile library" can be traced back to 1857, the British industrial magazine? British? Workman published a report, businessman and philanthropist George? In order to spread high-quality literary works to the countryside, Moore launched a campaign to distribute books in eight villages in Cumbria. The staff put the books in boxes and then pushed them for transportation.

"Walking" on the streets of London? Library "

/kloc-in the 9th century, before the invention of automobiles, people basically used animals as transportation except their own legs, and so did mobile libraries. At that time, libraries and other institutions began to load books with trucks and pull them to the countryside to serve those with inconvenient roads and special people. In addition to organizing relevant institutions, there is also a fixed visiting period to facilitate borrowing and returning.

In Warrington, England from 65438 to 0859, the first mobile library transformed from a carriage appeared, which was called "Roaming? Library ",in its one-year operation, lent about 654.38+200,000 books.

Shanghai Automobile Museum Collection: Ford Model? T

In the 1920s, the Ford Model T was transformed into a book cart.

When cars first came out, mobile libraries mainly existed in the form of carriages. In the 1920s, with the popularity of Ford Model T, library trucks transformed from Ford Model T or TT (Model T truck version) became endless. This kind of car is called Bookmobile, as the name implies, which is also the "mobile book car".

When cars enter the mass production stage, people choose more vehicles. Commercial vehicles and buses have become ideal choices for booking cars. Plenty of space makes the interior of the book cart unique, with built-in bookshelves and folding chairs, as if you were in a mini library.

1954, the mobile book cart of Beijing Library.

By the middle of the 20th century, reading mobile libraries has become a part of daily life in some countries. In the United States, there are more than 2,000 vehicles carrying books all over the city and countryside.

As a "country on wheels", the earliest mobile library van in the United States appeared in 1904, which belongs to the public library of Washington County, Maryland, and is also one of the earliest libraries in the United States that used motor vehicles.

A box full of books, doesn't it look attractive?

The popularity of mobile library vehicles reached its peak in the mid-20th century, and became popular all over the world, becoming a part of the culture of various regions and an inseparable part of rural and urban life for a time.

Polk 3 1 Division Barracks 1943, Louisiana.

Even during World War II, the barracks in the US military barracks had their existence, which became a pastime for soldiers in the war.

After World War II, mobile library vehicles were basically handled by commercial vehicle body factories or special vehicle factories, and each vehicle was customized according to the needs of various libraries. Generally speaking, a book cart with enough space can hold 500 to 1500 books.

In the early 1970s, due to the impact of the energy crisis, the sales of a large number of bookshelves declined and gradually faded out of people's sight. Today, with the popularization of digital information, the Internet has changed our reading habits, speed and convenience. The huge online content makes people unable to extricate themselves, but will the book cart become obsolete? Not exactly.

Now, there are still many people who insist. Let's take a look at the special libraries built on cars in the world:

AACA (American Antique Automobile Club) received a customized 1955 Chevrolet pickup truck through donation. Since 20 1 1, the car has been frequently used for AACA activities and operated by AACA Library Research Center. This is one of the few trucks in the automobile museum library.

Il？ library

In 2003, Italian retired teacher Antonio? Los Angeles? Kawa bought a second-hand piaggio out of his love of reading? Ape transformed the cargo hopper into a "study room", which can hold nearly 700 books.

BiebBus from the Netherlands is an architect Jord? den？ Holland's works consist of containers and trailers. The total area is ***52 square meters, which is filled with about 7,000 children's books. There is a transparent ceiling between the first floor and the second floor, providing a wonderful reading and entertainment area.

This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.