- Touring Landau, 1910
- Popular Mechanics ad for Pop-Up Camper, circa 1910
- Adams Motor Bungalo, 1917
- Tampa, FL Campground
- Historic Campground
- Homemade Housecar, circa 1930s
- Early Towable
- Early trailer and Model T Ford, 1913
- Housecar, 1915
- Auto Camper
- Early Pop-Up Trailer
- Cozy Camper Tent Trailer, 1916
- Model T with Telescopes, 1916 (side view)
- Model T with Telescopes, 1916 (rear view)
- Zaglemeyer Kampcar, circa 1920
- Homemade RV, circa 1920
- Florida Campground, circa 1920
- Warner Prairie Schooner, circa mid-1920s
- Pierce Arrow Fleet Housecar, 1928
- Overland Park Trailer Camp, circa 1925
- Housecar, circa 1926
- Wiedman Camp Body on Stewart Truck Chassis, 1928
- Housecar, circa 1930s
- Curtiss Aerocar, circa 1930
- Travel Trailer, circa 1930
- Chevrolet Housecar owned by Mae West, 1931
- Ford Housecar, 1931
- Sportsman Trailer, 1932
- Covered Wagon, circa 1932
- Airstream, 1933
- Airstream, 1935
- Airstream Clipper, 1936
- Schult Sportsman, 1936
- Hunt Housecar, 1937
- Book Wagon, circa 1938
- Travel Trailer, circa late 1930s
- Liberty Towable
- Spartan prototype, 1945
- Westcraft Towable, 1949 (exterior)
- Westcraft Towable, 1949 (interior)
- Truck Camper, circa early 1950s
- Victour Housecar, 1951
- Holiday Rambler, 1954
- Yellowstone travel trailer, 1954
- Towable, circa 1957
- Winnebago Fifth Wheel, 1958
- Pop-up Camper, circa late 1950s
- Phoenix Yellowbird Tent Camper, 1961
- Frank Motorhome, 1961
- Coachmen Cadet, 1964
- Banner Motorhome, circa 1960
- Winnebago Motorhome, circa 1966
- Corvair Ultravan, circa 1960
- Ford Based Chassis Mount Motorhome, 1969
- Lo-Liner Aristocrat, circa 1960s
- GMC Motorhome, circa 1973 - 1978
- Winnebago Winnie Wagon, 1974
- Boles Aero Fifth Wheel, circa 1970
- Bluebird Wanderlodge, 1970
- GMC Motorhome, circa 1973 - 1978
- Type C Motorhome, circa 1970
- Newell motorhome, 1978
- Winnebago Itasca, 1982
- Vixen Motorhome, 1982
- Type C Motorhome, circa 1990s
- Motorhome, circa 1990
- Travel Trailer, circa 1990
- Type A Motorhome, circa late 1990s
- 2011 Forest River Sunseeker
Happy 100th birthday to the RV
by John Neff (RSS feed) on Sep 6th, 2010 at 12:29PM
It seems appropriate while we celebrate the last vestiges of summer on this Labor Day weekend that we also acknowledge the 100th anniversary of the recreational vehicle, also known as the RV. The summer season and RVs go hand in hand, and people have motored across America in mobile homes since 1910. RV historians say that year was when just a few companies began building the precursors to what we now know as recreational vehicles, thus marking the birth of the RV industry. Those companies include Pierce-Arrow from New York (above, 1910 Touring Landau), the Los Angeles Trailer Works and... Read More
