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Old_Islander
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Sep 03, 2019

RV'ing 100 Years Ago

Thought some of you might enjoy this article in 'Atlas Obscura' this morning.

RV'ing 100 Years Ago

One pic from the article:



When we were kids in the 50's, I can't recall our family knowing anyone who owned an RV. We knew about them, because the 'Wally Byam Caravan' came to our town one year.

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  • Interesting and fun read!
    The person who made the photo captions was obviously not an RVer. Two examples near the end are the picture of the "teardrop" they say was parked "hitched" but was not. The car is just parked in front of the trailer.

    The 2nd example is the last color picture showing a family sitting outside of a PopUp trailer. The captions reads that it is a 5th wheel trailer.

    Other than those, most of the descriptions seem ok but perhaps not as accurate as they should be.
    Thank you for the post! :)
    Barney
  • That rig would be a cool 'Barn Find.'
    Thanks for posting.
  • Something tells me it won't pass the 10 year rule any more by some campgrounds! But it sure would be fun pulling into one of them with a rig like that and see the expression on their faces!

    It's hard to imagine that was "glamping" in it's day though. But it was!