Quick Summary
The Washington County Library becomes the newest contributor to the Minnesota Digital Library with a collection highlighting their library and bookmobile services.
The Washington County Library was founded in 1966. It serves the patrons of Washington County, Minnesota from seven branches, three locker locations, and a law library. Building on a legacy of local community libraries stretching back to 1889, the county has had a long history of varied library services and active community support.
This county library recently joined the Minnesota Digital Library (MDL) as a contributing organization. They shared documents and photographs from their institutional history, including letters, brochures, and black-and-white and color photographs of library buildings and activities. Highlights include photographs of their various traveling library and bookmobile services that extended access to library resources to rural and homebound library patrons from the early 1900s.
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Image credit: Washington County Library Bookmobile, Lake Elmo, 1973. Washington County Library, collection.mndigital.org/catalog/p16022coll715:42 Accessed 23 July 2026.
