Camping Equipment Catalog, "Get Away from It All in Style, Comfort, Convenience," 1964
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A new generation of self-propelled recreational vehicles emerged out of the booming vacation market of the 1950s and 1960s. Building upon the popularity of the Volkswagen van camper, first introduced in the United States in 1956, automobile manufacturers worked with recreational equipment companies to produce their own versions of van campers by the early 1960s.
A new generation of self-propelled recreational vehicles emerged out of the booming vacation market of the 1950s and 1960s. Building upon the popularity of the Volkswagen van camper, first introduced in the United States in 1956, automobile manufacturers worked with recreational equipment companies to produce their own versions of van campers by the early 1960s.
Artifact
Trade catalog
Date Made
1964
Subject Date
1964
Creators
Chrysler Corporation. Dodge Division
Place of Creation
United States, Indiana, Elkhart
Creator Notes
Made for the Travel Equipment Corporation, Elkhart, Indiana for conversions of Chrysler Corporation Dodge Division vans.
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
81.154.17
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Wallace D. Sawhill.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 8.5 in
Inscriptions
Text at top: Get Away from It All, / All in Style, Comfort, / Convenience, in a New / Dodge Camp Wagon," / (Dodge A100 Sportsman as Converted by Travel Equipment Corporation, Elkhart, Indiana) Under image: LET'S EAT OUT.. or "in"...
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