Black and white photo of a pack horse librarian delivering books to a woman standing on the high front porch of a cabin in rural Kentucky in 1938.

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   René Merced 🇵🇷 :mastodon: (mostaurelius@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 03:27:32 JST René Merced 🇵🇷 :mastodon:

   A pack horse librarian delivering books in rural Kentucky in 1938. During the Great Depression, the Pack Horse Library Project was a Works Progress Administration (WPA) program in which the librarians, who were often called "book women" or "book ladies," delivered books to remote parts of Appalachia.

   source: https://www.facebook.com/GoodwillLibrarian

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