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Title
Wayne
County
Public
Library
Bookmobile
Subject
Transportation
Literary Ohio
Bookmobiles
Libraries
Place
Wooster (Ohio)
Wayne County (Ohio)
Description
This
8
" by
10
"
(20.32
by
25.4
cm)
photograph
depicts
the
second
bookmobile
purchased
by the
Wayne
County
Public
Library
in
1949
.
It
was
made
by the
Gerstenslager
Company
,
located
in
Wooster
,
Ohio
. The
library's
first
bookmobile
was
purchased
through
the
Indiana
Body
Company
and was
used
in
Wayne
County
through
1949
. The
three
Gerstenslager
brothers
founded
a
carriage
factory
in
Marshallville
,
Ohio
in
1860
. The
company
built
a
larger
factory
in
Wooster
with
assistance
from the
Wooster
Board
of
Trade
and
moved
there in
October
1907
.
It
later
diversified
and
focused
on
manufacturing
customized
truck
bodies
,
trailers
, and
specialized
vehicles
in the
United
States
. In the
late
1950-1960
,
Gerstenslager
also
manufactured
bookmobiles
and
mail
trucks
. By the
beginning
of the
21st
century
, the
company
banked
,
stamped
,
assembled
, and
painted
more
than
2,000
different
products
for the
automotive
industry
. The
company
has also been
known
as the
Weimer
and
Gerstenslager
Company
of
Marshallville
,
Gerstenslager
Buggy
Company
, and the
Gerstenslager
Company
.
Date of Original
1949
Source
Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution
Wayne County Public Library
Rights
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http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om2645_2533359_001.tif
Image Height
3297
Image Width
4489
File Size
3175.393 KB
Format
picture
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