We stayed at the RV, Mobile/Modular Home Museum, a Harvest Host location. We had lots of fun touring the museum. We ran out of time the day we arrived, so went back the next day as well before we left. They had a bunch of RVs, from the beginning of people making their own to campers of the future. They also had an area about covered wagons, which really was the first RV since people traveled long distances in them, slept in them and kept their goods in them. The Mobile/Modular home area was interesting as well to see how that progressed and changed over time. The modular housing part was particularly interesting. They are basically building a sticks and bricks house in a factory and delivering it. They say it costs less and has better quality control.
One thing we did notice about the RVs is though decorations and technology changes, the layouts are still pretty much the same. You could definitely tell the age of some by their shag carpet and interesting colors.
Enjoy the pics.
This is a 1916 telescoping apartment. In my mind, it is the first camper with slide outs. This was sold for you to put on your truck. On both sides there was a compartment that slid out while you were parked, one being the kitchen. This also had warm water for a shower produced by radiator heat from the engine.
This is a 1916 “pop up”. It is an example of the very earliest manufactured trailers. Most trailers at this time were homemade.
This trailer was custom build for Charles Lindbergh
1931 Model AA Ford Housecar. Notice on the inside it has a wood burning fireplace for heat.
The housecar in this picture was custom made by Paramount Studios as an enticement for Mae West to leave Vaudeville and begin to make movies for them. It was designed as a chauffeur driving lounge. There was a hot plate stove and icebox so she could have lunch or a spot of tea. It was used for several years to transport Mae West from home or hotel to the shooting locations. There was a back porch on the vehicle so she could sit on a rocking chair and enjoy the breeze.
1937 Hunt Housecar. This looked very futuristic to me.
The uniqueness of this trailer is it was made to fit in a house’s garage.
This trailer brought back memories, as did several, as far as the cabinets. I remember cabinets like that in the house I grew up in. Also notice the heating unit.
This camper was homemade, an all aluminum motorhome, in 1988. It was built on a Cadillac Eldorado Chassis which was obvious from the back. It is a unique sleek design that definitely caught my eye.
We follow several utube camping channels, one being Keep Your Daydream. They had used this 1984 Wanderlodge in one of their seasons as they travelled Route 66. The most unique feature of this motorhome is the built in blender (LOL). The drivers panel was quite elaborate as the camper is a huge bus. It was cool to see something in person that you watched travel a good part of the country.
One final fun trailer. This lady always wanted to live in a log cabin, so she hired someone to paint her trailer to look like a log cabin. The details were things like, the door looked like a screen door where you saw inside features of a cabin. There were window boxes under the windows with flowers. There was the look of an outside chimney up the side of the camper to hide the utility panels.
Well, if you made it this far, you can tell I really enjoyed the museum and it was hard to pick and choose what to show you.
Til next time.
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