A man holds the reins of a draft horse pulling a sledge through the snow. The sledge is loaded with a delivery box used to transport materials between library branches. Hennepin County Library started in 1922 as a horse-drawn "book wagon" to areas outside the core city of Minneapolis, and grew to incorporate many city and branch libraries as more residents moved to the suburbs.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library