Berkeley trailer, the company had five
agents in the United States: Carl Mathey
of Robbinsville, New Jersey, Herbert
Jahn of Toledo, Ohio, George Sharp of
Newton, Kansas, Nordquist Trailer Sales
of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Herman
Metzger of East Peoria, Illinois.
Hans Berger of Germany had a smaller
manufacturing operation, since he did
not do display advertising in trailer trade
magazines of the day. Instead, he would
write to the magazines and promote
his own products. Berger produced a
smaller model than either of Berkeley’s
offerings. He would send publicity
photos that showed one of his trailers
being pulled on Germany’s high-speed
Autobahn, another driving below an
air-lift airplane and a third being towed
along a mountain highway.
During this time, another English
company called Countess Caravans
made by Car Trailers Ltd. in Harpenden,
Herts were also building and exporting
their caravans overseas. It seems regally
inspired names were all the rage when
it comes to early caravan and trailer
manufacturers!
This great collection of old original
photos in a scrap was kindly donated
to VTM editor Lisa by the relatives of
the original builders who were keen
to preserve this history for future
generations.
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