Category: gypsy wagon

Wagons are the exception

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A Romany camp.
A Romany camp.

This is part of a series of images, mostly Romany, Irish and Scottish Travellers collected from around the internet.  Many of these historic images found on the web are without citation.  When a clear link to a source is found, I try to include it.  If a source is known, please pass it on and I will gladly include it or remove it if necessary.

A lad learning to fiddle…

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Fiddlers by the home.
Fiddlers by the home.

A couple of very simple wagons in the background that look common to continental Europe.  Music was a common occupation for Romany across Europe for centuries.

 
This is part of a series of images, mostly Romany, Irish and Scottish Travellers collected from around the internet.  Many of these historic images found on the web are without citation.  When a clear link to a source is found, I try to include it.  If a source is known, please pass it on and I will gladly include it or remove it if necessary.

High ceiling, mollycroft, and some beautiful woodwork

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A real work of art.
A real work of art.

This is an awesome Burton wagon (waggon).  These monstrosities are extremely heavy and somewhat limited for travel due to the smaller wheels.  Very popular with showmen as well as the more prosperous Romany in their heyday in Britain.

This is part of a series of images, mostly Romany, Irish and Scottish Travellers collected from around the internet.  Many of these historic images found on the web are without citation.  When a clear link to a source is found, I try to include it.  If a source is known, please pass it on and I will gladly include it or remove it if necessary.

Posing by the bowtop

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Youngsters in the bowtop.
Youngsters and the bowtop.

This is a beautiful painted bowtop next to a more modern caravan.  I suspect this image is from one of the large fairs in Britain but I can’t find information on it.  It looks like the ladies are done up in their finest for the photo.

This is part of a series of images, mostly Romany, Irish and Scottish Travellers collected from around the internet.  Many of these historic images found on the web are without citation.  When a clear link to a source is found, I try to include it.  If a source is known, please pass it on and I will gladly include it or remove it if necessary.

Travellers….

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A family and its dogs.
A family and its dogs.
This is part of a series of images, mostly Romany, Irish and Scottish Travellers collected from around the internet.  Many of these historic images found on the web are without citation.  When a clear link to a source is found, I try to include it.  If a source is known, please pass it on and I will gladly include it or remove it if necessary.

The Conklin House Bus

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15conklin_gypsy-vanRoland and Mary Conklin of Huntington, N.Y., made house-car travel a family experience. Their bus factory built the Gypsy Van, shown above, and in the summer of 1915, the Conklin family set out to see America.

Photo & caption courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution,
the Huntington Historical Society (New York),
and Home on the Road: The Motor Home in America,
a book by Roger White

Found at http://www.oldwoodies.com/gallery-rv.htm