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    Teardrops and Tiny Trailers
    Teardrops and Tiny Trailers
    Teardrops and Tiny Trailers
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    Teardrops and Tiny Trailers

    By Douglas Keister

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    Buckle up as Douglas Keister takes you for a decidedly retro ride in the world of diminutive travel trailers in Teardrops and Tiny Trailers. The demand for vintage trailers-the smaller the better-has risen dramatically in recent years, with the most in-demand trailers being "teardrops," first manufactured in the 1930s and containing just indoor sleeping space and an outdoor exterior kitchen. Also profiled in the book are "canned ham" trailers, whose shape resembles the profile of a can of ham; small-size examples of America's most beloved vintage trailer, the Airstream; miniscule gypsy caravans in Europe; and fiberglass trailers made in Canada. Two hundred color photographs showcase these trailers' sleek exteriors, retro-styled interiors, and, in many cases, the restored classic cars that tow them. Teardrops and Tiny Trailers includes a resource section chock-full of places to locate vintage trailers, clubs to join, and rallies to attend. Photographer/writer Douglas Keister has authored thirty-six critically acclaimed books. His books on classic recreational vehicles include Ready to Roll, Silver Palaces, and Mobile Mansions. In addition, he has authored twenty-five books on architecture, including Inside the Bungalow, Storybook Style, Red Tile Style, Classic Cottages, and Cottages. Keister also writes and illustrates magazine articles and contributes photographs and essays to dozens of magazines, newspapers, books, calendars, posters, and greeting cards worldwide. He lives in Chico, California.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGibbs Smith
    Release dateJul 1, 2008
    ISBN9781423611103
    Teardrops and Tiny Trailers
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    Douglas Keister

    Chico, California-based photographer Douglas Keister has photographed twenty-two award-winning, critically acclaimed books. His seventeen books on architecture include four books on Victorian homes (Daughter's of Painted Ladies, Painted Ladies Revisited, America's Painted Ladies and Victorian Glory); three books on bungalow homes (The Bungalow, Inside the Bungalow and Outside the Bungalow), a book on 1920s whimsical homes (Storybook Style) a book about cemetery art and architecture (Going Out in Style), a book on Spanish architecture, (Red Tile Style), six books on bungalow details and Classic Cottages, that will be published by Gibbs Smith Publisher in the Spring of 2004. Keister photographed and wrote an award winning children's book (Fernando's Gift), has two monographs of his personal work (Black Rock and Driftwood Whimsy), a book on classic travel trailers, (Ready to Roll) and a book on cemetery symbolism, Stories in Stone: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Cemetery Symbolism, that will be published by Gibbs Smith Publisher in the Spring of 2004. His wealth of books on architecture has earned him the title, "America's most noted photographer of historic architecture."

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      Nice collection of teardrops and canned-ham trailers, along with a long list of resources at the end. Good book!

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    Teardrops and Tiny Trailers - Douglas Keister

    Teardrops and Tiny Trailers

    Douglas Keister

    Teardrops and Tiny Trailers

    Digital Edition v1.0

    Text © 2010 Douglas Keister

    Photographs © 2010 Douglas Keister, except for some photos in Over There and Elsewhere (starting with photo captioned A trabant car made in East Germany... and ending with the first photos of Jeanne Bayol’s custom roulotte) which are © 2008 Steve Pepper

    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any means whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except brief portions quoted for purpose of review.

    Gibbs Smith, Publisher

    PO Box 667

    Layton, UT 84041

    Orders: 1.800.835.4993

    www.gibbs-smith.com

    Library of Congress Catalog-in-Publishing Data

    ISBN-13: 978-1-4236-0274-3

    ISBN-10: 1-4236-0274-9

    1. Travel trailers—History. 2. Travel trailers—Pictorial works. 3. Antique and classic cars—Collectors and collecting. I. Title.

    TL297.K3825 2008

    629.226—dc22

    2008000723

    To John Loudon McAdam (1756–1836)

    Acknowledgments

    Thanks to all the trailerites who gave their time and trailers to make Teardrops and Tiny Trailers a beautiful book: Ray Allen, Bob Ambrose, Don and DeAnna Anderson, Ed Avila, Tom and Mary Bamborough, Jean and Jeanne Bayol, Steve and Peggy Birley, Forrest and Jeri Bone, Terry and Michelle Bone, Joe Bosier, John Bosier, Paul Broxon, Wendy Case, Linda and Don Coolich, Doug Cronn, Michelle and Ken Defer, Henry and Janell Diaz, Timothy Dillon, Jim Eddy, Gordie and Terry Engelstad, Bill Eosel, Patrick and Joanne Ewing, Ken and Petey Faber, Wayne Fergusson, Tammy Fuller, Mark and Rhonda Gelstein, Rod Glassett, John Green, Larry Grim, Jerome Guffey, Gerry and Rod Hagelund, James Hamilton, Charlie Hanson, Doug Hardekopf, Phil and Esther Harmon, Chris Hart, Michael and Aedan Haworth, Dan Hazard, Al Hesselbart, Luke Hinman, Douglas Hoder, Craig and Patti Holroyd, Stuart and Kathleen Honnard, Wendy and Steven Hughes-Jelen, Mardy Ireland, Debbie Izenman, Bob Johnson, Barbara and Donald Jussero, Steven Katkowsky, Ed and Linda Kelson, Leo and Marlys Keoshian, James Larimore, Gary and Sally Lodholm, Steve and Candy Marino, Norm and Ann Markus, Jerry and Jenean Marlette, Vince Martinico, Ken and Marty Masden, Dave Mikol, Bob and Cindy Mott, Rick and Janice Myer, David Nathenson, Shannon and Cecily Near, James Nelson, Lori Osborne, Charles Panter, Gail Parker, Cliff Parker, Ken Patten, Steve Pepper, Lew and Lesley Puls, Robin and Kevin Ramos, Steve Robison, Damian and Sandra Rutherford, Phil Schaeffer, Sandy Smelser, Mike and Debbie Smith, Emil and Ed Sokolis, Louise Stein, Cullen Tate, Charles Taylor, Dayton Taylor, Dean Tennis, Keith and Barb Thompson, Rando and Lori Thyr, Lowell and Janice Vivian, Rich and Mary Vock, Duke and Fay Waldrop, Tammy and Steven Walker, Bill Walter, Ross Westerbur, Grant Whipp, Gar and Mary Alice Williams

    Special thanks go to Gibbs Smith, Publisher, for believing in my vision, to my agent Julie Castiglia for shepherding the book through, and, as always, to my wife, Sandra Mclean, my self-proclaimed biggest fan.

    Teardrops and Tiny Trailers

    Table of Contents

    Introduction Teardrop Trailers Canned Ham Trailers Glass Houses Silver Gems Over There and Elsewhere Resources

    Introduction

    The Road

    Ah, the Road! That shimmering, steaming ribbon of asphalt that criss-crosses the country. It’s the stuff of adventure—the promise of new horizons, new people, a new life. Because we tend to group together, sometimes we just need to break away. No longer passive cows, we make a mad dash for greener pastures and bigger and bluer skies. In earlier times, Gulliver traveled and Twain roughed it. Germans call it wanderlust, Aussies take off on a walkabout, and Brits go on a bimble.

    The road is the great democratizer, available to anyone with a set of wheels and a few coins of the realm. Whether our transporters are mopeds or Maseratis, the sinuous black macadam is available to all. The road trip is fodder for great novels. Steinbeck traveled with an aged poodle named Charley. William Least Heat Moon stayed in the slow lane along America’s blue highways. And Jack Kerouac went on the road for the quintessential voyage of self-discovery. Taking a road trip is a rite of passage for many, a way to collect one’s thoughts during times of transition: youth to adulthood, classrooms to the working world, single life to marriage, marriage to singlehood.

    Despite our romantic visions of the road, for most folks the road is merely an expedient way to get from point A to point B. We rely on the electronic brains of the Internet and satellite-driven GPS devices to guide us to our destination. The quicker and straighter, the better. But there is one group of humans who thinks they have a better way. These latter-day Argonauts are recreational vehicle enthusiasts, better known as RVers. Many are retired or semiretired and are in no particular hurry to get to their destination, if they even have one. They don’t need to get to their reserved hotel or motel room. Like the turtle and hermit crab, they take their shelter wherever they go.

    Because of their Brobdingnagian proportions, we tend to notice the mega-motorhomes more than any other type. In spite of rising fuel prices, there seem to be more and more of these rolling homes every year. Interestingly and almost concurrent with the swelling number and girth of RVs, there has been a trend toward compact motorhomes and trailers. As these proportion-conscious consumers search for smaller transporters, they are also rediscovering older RVs, often tucked away in garages, barns, and sheds, or moldering away in backyards and pastures. This rediscovery of vintage RVs began in the 1980s when fans of the sleek and silvery Airstream trailers formed a club that was an offshoot of the Airstream Club. Appropriately dubbed the Vintage Airstream Club, its membership steadily grew throughout the 1980s and ’90s, so much so that fans of vintage Airstreams soon began to find other vintage trailers and motorhomes. Owners of these non-Airstreams couldn’t register their trailers with the Vintage Airstream Club, so two members, Forrest and Jeri Bone, resurrected an ancient RVer’s organization called the Tin Can Tourists (established in 1919) and opened it to owners of all brands of vintage RVs. Tin Can Tourists rallies now attract well over one hundred vintage trailers and motorhomes.

    One of the most interesting types of vintage trailers that were being extracted from their moorings are little trailers

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