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Month: October 2019

Vintage Trailer Advertising

1930s Vintage Trailers 1930s photo 1930s airstream

Source: Airstream

Lately I have become slightly obsessed with the tiny home movement and living in a vintage trailer. I mean I already live in a tiny apartment (450 sq feet for 2 people) and so I figure..I could do this living in a small home thing. UNTIL I remember that a lot of my personal items are living at my parents. So no vintage trailer for me BUT a vintage gal can dream right?

So for today’s post, I’m going to showcase some vintage trailer advertising from the 1930s to the 1960s (because the designs were so very cool), that might inspire you for your vintage trailer remodel or just help you dream.


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Vintage Trailer Advertising

1930’s – 1960’s

Retro Travel Poster Illustration of a vintage car pulling a vintage trailer thru the mountains. 'Travel by Trailer'

Source: Retro Planet

Spartan Trailers:

About (excerpt from 50 Campfires):

Vintage Spartan Trailers. When William G. Skelly purchased the struggling Mid-Continent Aircraft Manufacturing Company of Tulast in 1928, it was unlikely that he had a vision for what his personal airplane company would become just a few short decades later.

Following the end of World War II, Spartan decided to take its sights off the skies – and focus on the growing number of recreational campers popping up around the country with a taste for exploration. While they recognized the future of the camper and RV markets in the United States, the overlooked their price point. With Spartan Trailers clocking in at prices up to $4,000, it’s no wonder the company couldn’t survive.

While many of us would gladly shell out $4,000 today for a Vintage Spartan Trailer – the average home cost in the US at the same time was about $8,000 – making them extremely expensive, and a purchase that only the most wealthy Americans could afford.

Vintage Trailer Advertising: Spartan Trailer Advertising RV and Camping Ad

Source: 50 Campfires

“Have you met Miss Spartanette” ” A Young Beauty”. WOW! So cool!

spartan vintage trailer advertising rv trailer

Source: 50 Campfires

1959 Flamingo travel trailer. “The travel trailer for ‘59.” I want this only because it has the word flamingo in it. Hahaha.

1950s Trailer Advertising from 1959 featuring the Flamingo Travel Trailer.

1949 “12” Aljoa Trailer.

ABOUT (Expert from Old Trailer.com):

In 1945, C.T. McCreary setup a simple shop in Watts, California (at 109th and Central) to start manufacturing his “Aljoa” family travel trailers. Like many compact trailer styles of the 1950’s (Shasta, DeVille, Rod-N-Reel, Oasis, Aloha…), McCreary’s Aljoa trailers followed the standard “canned ham” profile. This “canned ham” design was an efficient use of interior space and was fairly easy to construct, unlike the more complex “aircraft” designs that were being riveted together by Airstream, Avion and others.

McCreary chose the name “Aljo” after his friend’s boat named the “Al-Jo”, and was then convinced to add an “a” to the end so the name sounded more “Californian”.

Unfortunately, in the 50’s McCreary was forced to drop the trailing “a” when the Alcoa Aluminum company noticed advertisements for McCreary’s “All Aluminum Aljoa Trailers”, and sued for copyright infringement because they felt that “Aljoa” was too similar to “Alcoa”. So starting with model year 1957, the travel trailers rolling out of the Modernistic Industries factory were emblazoned with the new “Aljo” name.

Aljoa/Aljo trailers were manufactured in several different models and lengths (the 15ft. model could be ordered with an optional toilet and shower!) from 1945 into the 1960’s. They retained the classic rounded “canned ham” shape until 1964 when the new models debuted with a more “squared-off” profile.

Vintage Trailer Ad for Aljoa travel trailer coach.

Source: Do It Yourself RV.com

1950s vintage photo of a woman / model sweeping inside an Aljoa Trailer at a show.

1950s vintage photo of a woman / model sweeping inside an Aljoa Trailer at a show.

Source: Pinterest

Travel with a Trotwood– 1936 Trotwood travel trailer camper ad.

About: Trotwood Corporation was originally founded as Trotwood Trailers back in 1932 by Ray Kuntz, Warren Wagner, and Joseph Flora. Trotwood led the industry, producing some of the first side-door entry recreational vehicles as well as some of the first classic “Canned Ham” travel trailers. The production floor was streamlined so as many as a dozen trailers could be completely fabricated in a day!  (Source)

1930s vintage Trailer Advertising: 1936 Trotwood travel trailer camper ad

Source: Pinterest

“Travel with a Trotwood”. Fun tropical theme to this ad.

1940s vintage advertising for Trotwood Trailers. Vintage Trailer / RV Ad.

Source: Vintage Trailer Camp

Glider Trailer Company-Founded in 1932 and they originally called their trailers “Handy Homes” (Source).

1940s Glider Trailer/ Caravan 1940s RV 1940s Vintage Ad

Source: Tin Can Tourists

Silver Streak Trailers-For those who love to travel. Silver Streak Trailer Company started in 1949 in suburban El Monte, just 12 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, and targeted Airstream as its competition (Source).

Vintage Advertising: Silver Streak Vintage RV Advertising

Source: Pinterest

Silver Streak Trailer Co, 1953 Model vintage ad.

1950s Vintage Ad: Silver streak trailer. 1953 vintage rv advertising

Airstream-The name that EVERYONE knows and honestly you can’t miss the distinctive shape of their rounded and polished aluminum coachwork ( I just adore them!).

The History of Airstream is quite extensive, starting in the 1920s. Read all about it on their website HERE and see the highlights below.

Vintage Ad: vintage airstream advertising vintage rv

Source: Roadtrippers

1930s Airstream trailer ad.

1930s Advertising-airstream trailers vintage advertising

Source: Airstream

The Pan-American Panoramic RV ad, “America’s Finest Home on Wheels!”

1950s vintage ad. The Pan-American Panoramic RV ad, “America’s Finest Home on Wheels!”

Source: Remarkably Retro

Shasta Airflyte early 1960s trailer advertising. This model featured the rearward entry, fully self-contained with shower. WOW!

1960s Vintage Ad: Shasta Airflyte early 1960s trailer advertising

Source: Pinterest

Want to take wear your own vintage trailer? Then check out these adorable 1950s Earrings for Sale on Etsy. Too Cute (at time of posting).

1950s Trailer Earrings

Source: Etsy

Lastly, on my “Vintage Travel To-Do List” is ‘The Vintages Trailer Resort‘ in Willamette Valley, Oregon. Stay in a remodeled vintage trailer! Count me in! Check out the video below. (Video Link)

Question Time: Do you own a vintage trailer? Would you stay in a refurbished one like the park above? What was your favourite trailer posted above? Share in your thoughts in the comments below!

Further Reading:

Make sure you also check out…”Eames in a Box: A 1959 Spartan Carousel trailer with a fantastic circular kitchen“. The kitchen is worth the click! Yooza!

Liz

Vintage Photos: Celebrating Thanksgiving-Part 3

Well it’s almost time again, time for Canadians to celebrate Thanksgiving. YAY! I love this time of the year and I’m excited to go home and eat everything in front of me 🙂 It will be bitter sweet though, as this will be the first family holiday without my beloved Omi 🙁 But I know she will be there in spirit raising a glass to all the family being together.

Now as you can read from the title, this is my 3rd installment of Vintage Photo Tuesday, Thanksgiving Edition. You can read my other posts below:


Disclosure: Some of the links on my blog from Etsy , eBay are Affiliate Links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. 


Vintage Thanksgiving Photos 1920s-1960s

The table is set, so let us sit down and see what I found, shall we?

1950s vintage photo of a Thanksgiving Dinner Table filled with Turkey and the trimmings

Source: eBay

Here is some of the 1950s family that belongs to that pretty table setup above. Dad is getting ready to carve that turkey.

1950s thanksgiving dinner photo of a dad getting ready to carve the turkey

Source: eBay

Sisters at Thanksgiving, Betty and Martha, November 26, 1953. Let’s take a moment to enjoy the 1950s fashions and the 1950s Living room decor. LOVE IT!

1950s vintage thanksgiving photo featuring two women in 1950s fashion 1950s in a Mid Century living room talking to each other.

Source: Flickr

At the same Thanksgiving with cousins Roxie and Gail (in adorable matching dresses) and Aunt Martha (and we get a better look at the her beautiful purple 1950s dress).

1950s photo of a mother with her two kids during thanksgiving 1950s fashions

Source: Flickr

Cousins on Thanksgiving 1956. Roxie, Gail, Larry, David, and Kent at the Mather home in Santa Ana, November 22, 1956. What a cute family.

1950s photo of cousins together on thanksgiving in 1950s kids fashions

Source: Flickr

Thanksgiving Dinner 1968. That lamp so funky!

Thanksgiving dinner 1968 1960s fashions 1960s photo

Source: Flickr

1960s Photo: A family taking a moment to say thank you for the food they are about to eat.

Black family / African American family sitting around the table about to enjoy thanksgiving turkey

The kids table at Thanksgiving (1950s I believe).

Did you ever have to sit at the kids table? I did and sometimes as an adult as well. Ha Ha.

1950s 1960s thanksgiving photo of kids sitting at the kids table

Source: Flickr

1950s-Small family gathering around the table. Cozier the better.

1950s photo of a family gathered around the thanksgiving table 1950s life

Source: eBay

1950s photo of Dad getting ready to carve the turkey in his Dad apron.

carving the turkey on thanksgiving day. 1950s photos of a family around the table

Source: Etsy

1960s photo of a family showing the joy from knowing that a wonderful feast is about to be had with wonderful guests.

1960s vintage photo of a Black family in 1960s fashions enjoying Thanksgiving dinner together

To all my readers that celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada, enjoy your time with family and friends. To my readers in the United States, enjoy your time next month 🙂

QUESTION TIME: Do you have a family tradition that you do or a specific food that needs to be on the table? Share in the comments below.

Further Reading:

Liz