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Bedside service of the American Library Association in the Base Hospital, Camp Devens, Massachusetts
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsMen reading in bed. Additional caption reads: With her book truck, the librarian brings to the man's bed the book he wants. The A.L.A. has placed libraries in 208 hospitals. The men in hospitals and camps here and overseas need your magazines. As soon as you have read them, place a stamp on the notice on the cover, and mail.
In a Surgical Ward, Base Hospital Library, Camp Devens, Mass.
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing a group of convalescent soldiers reading books donated by the ALA. An unidentified female librarian stands to the right and an African-American orderly stands directly behind the group
Camp Devens Library
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing the exterior of a library, with extension, at Camp Devens, Mass. Caption indicates original building dimension as 90' x 40', the extension's as 40' x 40'