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Family of Rohr Aircrafts worker in their trailer home at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp for defense workers. San Diego, California

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Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

In the late 1910s, there were few gas stations, few paved roads, and no highways was a time that America’s leading historians call the beginning of modern RV. In 1920s people who traveled like this were referred to as 'tin can tourists'. As time progressed, trailers became attractive, comfortable and earned a new name "house trailer" in the 1930s and 1940s. In the late 1930s, during the Great Depression, FSA (Federal Farm Security Administration) built trailer camps to assist childless couples and families of one and two children in moving in areas where new factories were​ built, and labor was in demand. In 2005, FEMA provided temporary emergency housing using thousands of travel trailers.

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01/01/1941
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Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
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The Beginning of RV

In 1910, there were few gas stations, few paved roads, and no highways but this is the year that America’s leading historians cite as the beginning of modern RV industry.
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Azure Vista ,  32.71949, -117.26309
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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california san diego county san diego safety film negatives azure vista rohr aircrafts worker rohr aircrafts worker trailer home trailer home fsa farm security administration farm security administration camp defense defense workers great depression photographs great depression american farmers aircraft 1940 s aircrafts railroads 1940 s library of congress