Friday, August 15, 2014

Housetrucks And Housebuses. The Way We Were...

It was the way we were.
There are some who wish life was like this still...












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  1. pbAugust 15, 2014 at 6:07 AM

    Wonderful! I think Josephine is my favourite .......it would be interesting to know what the dates are. I guess some of those people were agricultural workers rather than freedom campers?

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  2. Alicja FenigsenAugust 15, 2014 at 8:14 AM

    so sweet! You brighten a rainy evening for me - again!!!

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  3. Wanda Thompson-KielAugust 15, 2014 at 9:41 AM

    I guess for some, back in the day, it was a matter of necessity - today, living like that would be a matter of choice, but for most of us who don't it would be a wonderful experience. Can almost feel the years wrapping around the imagination on viewing these.

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  4. Andolphus GreyAugust 15, 2014 at 1:29 PM

    There are some real beauties there -a few I can imagine chugging down some secondary road on the way to nowhere.

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  5. UnknownAugust 15, 2014 at 2:18 PM

    Love # 2 like # 9 .. lots of fun to be had in all these beauties I'll bet..

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  6. Suzy SmallprintAugust 15, 2014 at 9:58 PM

    Number 8 is the best because it has an open porch on top. All my friends would come over and I'd have dinner waiting and we would talk and have fun all night.

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  7. HermitJimAugust 16, 2014 at 3:43 AM

    How could you not like staying in any of those wonderful vehicles?

    I sure am glad you shared those with us!

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  8. MichelleAugust 16, 2014 at 1:05 PM

    Really nice , love the first one

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  9. Mr. SharkeyAugust 16, 2014 at 3:21 PM

    If this sort of stone-age "Car Campers" has appeal, and anyone would like more information and history, I can recommend Roger B. White's book "Home on the Road" for further reading.

    As it happens, the vehicle depicted in photo #8 is known as "Conklin's Gypsy Wagon" and was the one of the images I used in my review of that book back in 2005. (Before anyone gets excited and thinks that my web site has reappeared, the link leads to an archived page, courtesy of the Wayback Machine at archive.org)

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  10. AnonymousAugust 17, 2014 at 4:28 AM

    My Grandmother's uncle had a similar vehicle & would travel from Ohio to Alabama once a year. It was always an event & we "young 'un's" anticipated his arrival & looked forward to the joy of riding in his wonderful truck.

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