On March 27, 1905, Seymour Eaton, President of the Tabard Inn Corporation, stated that the business had operations spanning from Seattle to Atlanta and from Boston to San Francisco. This page lists the historical locations of known

Tabard Inn Library The Tabard Inn Library was a circulating library, circulating subscription library with numerous exchange stations (also known as sub-stations) across the United States. It was founded in March 1902 by Seymour Eaton. The library operated as a co ...

exchange stations between 1902 - c.1910, revealing routes before domestic

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service began in 1913.

Legend

The earliest known year for the establishment: * White pog

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Established in 1902 * Blue pog

Established in 1903 * Green pog

Established in 1904 * Orange pog

Established in 1905 * Yellow pog

Established in 1906 * Pink pog

Established in 1907 * Purple pog

Established in 1908

District of Columbia

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(1510 H Street N. W.)

Maryland

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New York

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(944 Broadway)

Pennsylvania

* Bellefonte * Bloomsburg (via Prof. Joseph H. Dennis) * Danville (Leniger's Drug Store) * Freeland (Grover's Drug Store) * Mount Joy *

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(1030 Chestnut Street) *

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(Banner Books Library) * Reynoldsville (Stoke's Drug Store) * Sayre (Gillespies Drug Store, Reeser, Kessler, Wieland Co.) *

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(H. D. Meek, druggist) * Stroudsburg (Wyckoff's New York Store) * Tionesta (Davis Pharmacy)

Virginia

* Big Stone Gap (J. W. Kelly, Druggist) * Blackstone (E. W. Sanford Co.) *

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(Agnew's

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, H. C. Crute & Co., Druggists) * Fredericksburg (R. A. Kishpaugh) *

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(Trout & Turner) * Lexington (McCrum's, Dr. Walz's Office) *

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(Mrs. Zerkel's art room) *

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(Dews & Maupin, Miller, Rhoads & Co.) *

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(101 East Broad Street, Slaymaker's

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, Cohen's Stationery Store) * Roanoke (Johnson & Johnson's

) * Staunton (Cash Cigar Store, The Banner Store) * Warrenton (Mrs. Jessie C. Walraven) *

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(James H. Stone,

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, C. J. Person)

West Virginia

* Berkeley Springs * Clarksburg (Camden Sommers' City Book store, The County Mail Book Store) * Fairmont (A. G. Martin Co.) * Martinsburg (Charles O. Weaning, Druggist) * Morgantown (Acme Book Store) *

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(F. C. JamesSon & Co.) * Point Pleasant (Success Subscription Agency and Bookstore) * Shepherdstown (Reinhart's Pharmacy) * Sistersville (Opera House Drug Store)

References

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