Article: An Ohio Town Adopts a Car.(Escape Roads)

Byline: BILL McGUIRE

Here's something you don't see every day: a car in a public library. And not in a lobby or gallery, either. Parked in front of the checkout desk at the Harris-Elmore Public Library in Elmore, Ohio, is a 1904 Elmore Runabout. With practiced steps, students rushing to use the computers carefully maneuver around it.

The car is not only the centerpiece of the local library; since taking up permanent residence there nearly 30 years ago, the little blue roadster has become the unofficial town mascot of Elmore, Ohio. Donated by enthusiast Pete Willet, who bought it at auction from The Henry Ford Museum, the Elmore is depicted on village ...

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