We left Wisconsin and drove through Illinois. Our destination: Elkhart, Indiana, home of the National RV Museum.
This was a fun tour of history with RV’s dating back to 1915. Here’s a sample:
1913 Earl Trailer and Model T Ford –
Believed to be the oldest non-tent travel trailer in existence. Custom built for a Cal Tech professor.
1915 MODEL T WITH 1916 TELESCOPE APARTMENT – A unique unit built in California on the back of a Model T Ford roadster. A novel feature is multiple slide-outs on this vintage model.
1931 CHEVROLET HOUSECAR owned by Mae West – Built for Paramount Studios to present to Miss West when she left vaudeville to make movies for the studio in 1931 It is a chauffer driven lounge car not a camper.
1929 Covered Wagon Travel Trailer
1954 Spartan Mobile Home
Inside a 1954 Spartan Mobile Home
70’s Era GMC Motorhome
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