Wiki Category: 1950s

Trailers made in the 1950s

DeCamp

DeCamp History Herbert Mark Reeves Jr. moved to Elkart Indiana in 1952 and founded several area travel trailer companies, including Covered Wagon Travel Trailers, Easy Traveler, Bon-Aire Trailers and DeCamp… Continue reading DeCamp

Dalton

Dalton Manufacturer Information Built in El Monte, California USA. Years built 1955-1961 Pictures Some owners Paul Lacitinola www.vintagecampertrailers.com Cody Main www.old99w.weebly.com Clubs/Links www.cannedhamdecals.com Dalton decals for late 50’s early 60’s.

Cree

Cree Manufacturer Information Cree Coaches, Inc. Made in Marcellus Michigan by Howard Cree Cree had operated a travel trailer and cabin campground, Cree’s Log Cabin and Trailer Court, and had… Continue reading Cree

Corvette

Corvette Manufacturer Information Looking for history source information. Corvette trailers were made by the Sterling Company located in El Monte, California, a suburb of Los Angeles(“Teardrops and Tiny Trailers” by Douglas… Continue reading Corvette

Comet

Actually, as I am the youngest daughter of one of the owners, Comet was started in 1947 in Wichita, Kansas. It was there that they were produced until 1956 when… Continue reading Comet

Columbia Trailer Co

Columbia Trailer Co Manufacturer Information Built in Glendale California Years built 1949-1959 Models unknown Interiors 1br, 1ba in rear, u-shaped kitchen Some owners tsbenson@nrsweb.com Jo1C@hotmail.com

Calcraft

Calcraft Manufacturer Information Ideal Industries, 2328 North Chico Avenue, El Monte, California, Forest 8-9817 Years built 1956-57 Pictures: 1957 CalCraft trailer – owned by Kit Maira kit.maira@gmail.com Some owners Dave… Continue reading Calcraft

Boles-Aero

Boles-Aero Travel Trailer Boles-Aero 1947-1980 Boles Manufacturing Company / Boles-Aero Inc. Burbank, California History DON BOLES A dedication to quality In 1939, Don Boles, an enthusiastic young southern Californian, was… Continue reading Boles-Aero

Bellwood

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Bellwood History 1953-1956 Bellwood Trailer Coach – Phoenix, Arizonia / Aloha, Oregon The bellwood trailer is almost an exact replica of the Aloha Model 13. Surprise, both trailers were build… Continue reading Bellwood

Avion

1957 Avion Regal

Avion Travel Trailer History 1955-2002 Built in Benton Harbor, Michigan This history of Avion begins not with its founder Loren Cayo but with his father Julius N . Cayo. Julius… Continue reading Avion

Aristocrat

ARISTOCRAT History Built by I.B. Perch Company in Morgan Hill, Ca, Weiser, ID 1956-1974 Irving Perch manufactured Aristocrat trailers in California from 1956 to 1974. The Lo Liner model was… Continue reading Aristocrat

American

1949 American Homecrest

American Travel Trailer History American Trailer Company was formed when Norman Wolfe bought the remains of the Ideal Manufacturing Company who made Stagecoach brand trailers in Mishawaka, IN after a… Continue reading American

Aloha

Aloha History Built from 1954 to the mid-1970s Founded in Aloha, Oregon On March 1st and 2nd 2010, I interview Glen Gordon who owned the company in the late 1950’s… Continue reading Aloha

Alma

Alma Alma Trailer Corporation Made in Alma, Michigan The Alma Trailer Corp. was formed in 1934 by William and Harold Redmond and Allen Hathaway who was the designer and patent… Continue reading Alma

Aljoa

Aljoa, Aljo; Modernistic Industries This page sure brings back memories from about 1957. Aljo (at the time)helped me thru college, working on 135th Street in Gardena and going to college… Continue reading Aljoa

Airstream

Airstream Travel Trailer History 1936-Present Built in Jackson Center, Ohio and Los Angeles, California Wally Byam, airstream’s founder, was practically born a traveler. As a young child he traveled extensively… Continue reading Airstream

Airlight

Airlight Made in Los Angeles, California in 1954-1955 Airlight manufactured a few small aluminum airframe trailers (12+ ft. body) in 1955; in the following year they morphed into El Rey… Continue reading Airlight

Airfloat

Airfloat Coach Manufacturing Co History 1935-1957 Airfloat Coach Manufacturing Co, Los Angeles, California From Joe Peplinski – Airstream Club Historian: I believe the claim that Airfloat started in 1930 may… Continue reading Airfloat