Trailerama

by Phil Noyes

Overview

Photos, postcards, and ads featuring vintage trailers—from humble family vacations to Hollywood stars.
 
Trailerama provides a visual wonderland filled with imagery featuring these vintage vehicles, fondly recalled for their associations with fun, adventure, family vacations—and of course, movie stars on the set. From greeting cards to postcards to Hollywood photos, the travel trailer is put on grand display in this kitschy celebration culled from the coffers of Trailer Travel’s Phil Noyes.
 
“Filled with colorful images of trailers. Culled from ads, postcards, sheet music, and more, they run the gamut from the earliest mobile coaches in the 1930s to the roving behemoths that came to dominate the market in later decades…Noyes documents the country’s still smoldering love affair with life on the road.”—Los Angeles Magazine

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781423621430
Publisher:	Smith, Gibbs Publisher
Publication date:	05/29/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	59 MB
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About the Author

Documentary filmaker Phil Noyes is a producer of the popular PBS series California's Gold. He has completed a documentary about the history of the RV in America that will air beginning in spring 2002.

Read an Excerpt

This book pays homage to all things vintage trailer, and I hope that all you nontrailerites will find these images as lovely and engaging as I do. I know I am preaching to the choir for those of you who are already in our little “trailer tribe,” but I think you will find some surprises lurking in these pages. There are so many tales to be told about this part of our American pop culture, and I have tried to give a wide overview through all the wonderful images that so many of my friends have graciously loaned for this book. So instead of spending hours perched over dusty tables at swap meets or scouring the Internet, we can all curl up and marvel at the glorious travel trailer. Welcome to Trailerama!