Over the many years now that we have had mobile homes, like everything else, they have changed. Originally, mobile homes were used for camping. But some folks who were down and out used them as living quarters. So companies got the idea that it would be a pretty good sales pitch to create a somewhat larger trailer for people to actually live in. These became popular with single people and young couples and then older couples who wanted to ditch the expenses of owning a conventional house and property. They were also used by those who were moving a lot because of their jobs. The first mobile homes only had a living room and kitchen and some larger ones had a bedroom added. None had bathrooms and very, very few actually had indoor plumbing at all. Water was carried in jugs and other containers. As trailers developed, more and more storage space was added. Shortly came oil lamps and then propane stoves and lighting. Most all trailer of the 1920s and 1930s were self contained. But as mobile homes, or, house trailers as they were then called, moved into the 1940s, electric was installed and even sinks with running water. By the late '40s hose and electrical hook-ups were common features. Like with so many other inventions and discoveries, the 1950s turned the tide of mobile homes by adding bathrooms and larger bedrooms and kitchens. There were companies now building two-story trailers and the colors were bright and modern. The 1960s saw TV sets and stereo systems put in and larger windows and safer construction. There were trailer parks all over the country where people could park their trailer in a mini communty where neighbors barrowed sugar and talked over white picket fences. Most earlier trailer parks had a central building used as a laundry room as most trailers did not have space for washers and dryers. These structures also acted as a safe space during violent storms because house trailers had a problem with getting blown around a lot in high winds. Today the house trailer is called a mobile home. Trailer parks are now called mobile home communities. Trailers have gone from the old 6x20 foot, through the 12x65 to now the huge 14x70. There are double wides and even triple wides. There is nothing a house can offer that a mobile home can not. They have fireplaces, two and three bathrooms and a few even have basements. But as the trailers have changed, so have the prices. In the 1970s a 12x65 mobile home was priced around $8,000 to $10,000. Today they can range upward to $80,000 to $100,000 and even more. The construction is better, the appliances are better, the space is better. This blog features some of the more weirder mobile home models. Some are old, some are crazy, some are large and some even look like a regular house. But keep in mind, they are all mobile homes.