No one knows who devised the automobile trailer, but everyone who participated in the mass movement of the American people onto the highways in the early 1920's remembers the occasional ones which careened past on the road. Lopsided, homemade wooden boxes looking like outhouses on wheels, they usually provoked snarls or sneers from motorists forced to cut out around them. As the automotive industry progressed, trailers remained virtually static. As late as 1932 they were rarities. Then, suddenly, public resistance broke down. All over the U. S. improved trailers rolled onto the highways....
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