Welcome to PORTABLE LEVITTOWN, a homage to the post-war house on wheels and the folk who lived in them. These stylish rolling abodes were a ...

Although PORTABLE LEVITTOWN pertains specifically to the American house trailer of the mid-20th century, their early evolution does mer...

We resume our history of the mobile home in the United States. By the turn of the 20th century, several developments were in motion...

This illustration depicts a trailer coach, circa-1939. The typical rig of the day was 8 feet wide, 16 feet long, and did not have a bathroo...

The global conflict of the first half of the 1940s created a pronounced housing shortage and mass market for the trailer coach. In ...

During the economic boom years of the mid-20th century, a popular way to pass the time was to attend one of the many mobile home shows that ...

A more detailed history of the early trailer coach would include mention of t he terms "Tin Can Tourist" and "Traile...

By the mid-1950s, trailer manufacturing was evolving (more or less behind the scenes) into two different classes .  A smaller unit, 8 fee...

On February 18, 1954, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios released " The Long, Long Trailer, " a feature film vehicle for Lucille Bal...

Lucy and Desi's ordeal on wheels demonstrated the impracticality of trying to transport the newer 40-50 foot rigs with the fam...