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Airstream trailers are still going strong

The first Airstream, the Clipper, arrived in 1936 amid a national craze for streamlining — in cars, in buildings, in toasters — as the brainchild of an inventor and travel promoter named Wally Byam. according to the New York Times in a piece dedicated to the famed trailer.
After World War II, as the highway system expanded, the economy boomed and Airstreams gained starring roles in Hollywood films, the trailer came to symbolize American-style travel.

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