• Before There Was VanLife, There Was Trailer Mania

    2 days ago - By Life

    The cover story of the Aug. 14, 1970 issue of LIFE magazine highlighted the “Summer Nomads” who hit the road in the latest and greatest recreational vehicles.
    The phenomenon was burgeoning then, but it was not new. The history of the RV dates back to 1915, when the Conklin family retrofitted a bus by installing four beds and traveled the country in it. That started a craze which has continued and recently took new form with the vanlife craze that flourished during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    LIFE's story, titled “Home, Home on the Road,” talked about how travelers in 1970 were flooding...
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