Aug. 20, 2025
Mobile Homes & Van Life
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Learn about the events that led to the mobile home, and the origins of van life culture!
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A Vardo
A Touring Car
A Touring Car Hauling A Trailer For Car Camping
The Covered Wagon Company
The First Airstream Model: The Torpedo
(shown towed by a touring car)
Early RV Camping (1931)
WWII Mobile Homes
The Golden Age of Mobile Homes (1950s)
William Gordon Stable’s Land Yacht (1880s)
The First Van (1896)
DKW Schnellaster (1949)
The First Volkswagen Bus (1950)
The cabin in the story I told.
