[We enjoy collecting ephemera when it involves the history of trailers and early trailer houses (motorhomes). We’ve had this little pamphlet for a number of years. It truly describes what a road trip was about when traveling in a recreational vehicle of its time.  I’ve copied the poem from the brochure word for word. Word usage, punctuation and spelling have not been changed in remembering and respecting the fact that it was written in 1919].

IS THIS 1936 AIRSTREAM SILVER CLOUD (Wooden) THE OLDEST AIRSTREAM FACTORY-PRODUCED TRAILER STILL IN EXISTENCE? (Portions of this article appeared in the January-February 2017 of the Vintage Camper Trailers Magazine.

Home-A-Long Trailer History*

[History provided and shared by Susan Webster as told to Toni Miltenberger]

Trailer Coach Specifications for 1949 TRAILER TOPICS MAGAZINE, February 1949 According to the magazine, all trailer coach manufacturers in 1949 were invited to send their specifications in to TRAILER TOPICS. All those sent in were listed. In addition to the location (address) of manufacture, just basic specifications were included that would enable one to compare values and prices. Some trailers were highlighted in paid advertisements within the magazine and many were not . . .

The Silver Vagabond   

It’s not a bit imposing and not so very fine,
It’s sort of like a mushroom, this rolling home of mine.
It never cares to settle down; it seems to want to roam,
There is dust from forty-seven states encrusted on its dome.
It’s stood the test of droughts, and floods and winds have lashed in vain,
While Old Jack Frost, in playful mood, has etched each window pane.
It’s stood in modest splendor in semi-tropic places,

Chapman University is located at 1 University Dr, Orange, CA 92866

Here are a few selected trailer manufacturing advertisements from the May 1954 issue of Trailer Life Magazine.

1936 - 1951
Trailer Ads . . . Sampling

NEWS-HERALD Newspaper Article
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
Saturday, February 6, 2016 Edition

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