Detroit Public Library bookmobile for Project Mainstream

View of men and women standing in front of the Detroit Public Library bookmobile for Project Mainstream, a service for retirees. "Mainstream, a Detroit Public Library service for retirees." Label on back: "SIR. This specially equipped bookmobile is part of Project Mainstream, a Detroit Public Library service for retirees. Stocked with over 500 popular books, including Large Print editions, records and cassetts [sic] tapes, magazines, and a selection of framed art reproductions, the Mainstream bookmobile visits over 40 locations where senior citizens live and gather, once every three weeks. Its librarians also take requests for titles from the Main Library collection, including foreign language titles. Project Mainstream is funded by grants from the Office of Services to the Aging using funds allocated under the Older Americans Act, and the Friends of the Detroit Public Library; its services are administered by the Detroit Public Library's department of Service to Shut-Ins and Retirees, Mrs. Dorothy Romani, Coordinator. Handwritten on back: "Librarian is Carole House, first Mainstream, Jan. 74."