Early RVing
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Sprucegum
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And the dream never dies !!
Great pictures.
Great pictures.
Gary RV_Wizard
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I've seen the early trailers that Glenn Curtiss designed and built for himself and friends Henry Ford and Thomas Edison. They were sold by the Curtiss Aircraft factory from 1929 until WW II. If you ever get to the NY Finger Lakes region, visit the Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport.
http://www.hindleysgarage.com/36aerocar.htm
http://www.hindleysgarage.com/36aerocar.htm
Greetings,
Another great place to see some early RV's is the Henry Ford Museum in Deerborn Michigan. I took my kids there in the distant past and they have a progression of mechanized travel vehicles which cover some older travel trailers and so forth. I was pretty impressed with the innovation back then.
There is also the RV Hall of Fame in Elkhart just off I80 that has a number of nice older RV's that can been seen in the museum.
Another great place to see some early RV's is the Henry Ford Museum in Deerborn Michigan. I took my kids there in the distant past and they have a progression of mechanized travel vehicles which cover some older travel trailers and so forth. I was pretty impressed with the innovation back then.
There is also the RV Hall of Fame in Elkhart just off I80 that has a number of nice older RV's that can been seen in the museum.
JudyJB
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Henry Ford used to go camping with Thomas Edison, John Burroughs, and Harvey Firestone. Can you imagine that group?? They called themselves The Four Vagabonds, but did not travel light. They took along servants and photographers, with several trucks and other vehicles. Check out the photos here.
https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-resources/popular-topics/the-vagabonds/
https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-resources/popular-topics/the-vagabonds/
