A Danish website has just published this picture of what they claim is the first Recreational Vehicle – or, as the Europeans call them, the first Caravan.
Certainly not the first wagon ever built to travel and sleep in - it was modeled after Gypsy wagons of the time – it may have been the first built strictly for fun.
Designed and built in 1885 by a Scotsman, Dr. William Stables, it was called the Wanderer. It was a heavy rig, made of maple and mahogany, and employed a boy on a bicycle to warn other travelers off the road.
Last used in 1960, it is currently on display at the Cotswold Caravan Club in England.
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