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Race between Tom Thumb locomotive and a Horse-Car
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 189 | Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)A poster entitled "Exciting Race between Mr. Peter Cooper's Locomotive, 'Tom Thumb' and a Horse-Car" describing the event "took place on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, on 28th August, 1830" where the locomotive won.
Bedside service of the American Library Association in the Base Hospital, Camp Meade, Maryland
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsLibrarian delivering books to men 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.
Camp Library at Camp Meade, Maryland
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsExterior of the camp library. Camp Library, American Library Association, Camp Meade, Maryland