Camping Equipment Catalog, "Get Away from It All in Style, Comfort, Convenience," 1964

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Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Trade catalog

Date Made

1964

Subject Date

1964

Creator Notes

Made for the Travel Equipment Corporation, Elkhart, Indiana for conversions of Chrysler Corporation Dodge Division vans.

Collection Title

Location

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"...