Car-Top Carriers

After World War II, Americans enjoyed an increase in leisure time (and more spending money) as the economy started to hum.

From Canoes: A Natural History in North America by Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims

Automobiles fitted with car-top carriers, such as this one from 1946 made by Berg’s, held camping gear beneath the canoe and attached to the rain gutters along the roof of the vehicle.
Creator(s)	Vinje, Arthur M.
Subjects	History Cultural Studies Literature Native American Studies Regional Studies
Date	1946
Related Section	Chapter 6: Synthetic Canoes
Keywords	postwar camping
Content Type	photograph
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Rightsholder	Wisconsin Historical Society
Copyright Status	in-copyright
Rights Granted	non-exclusive, world-wide, perpetual
Credit Line	Photograph by Arthur M. Vinje, courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society, WHS-44704.
Holding Contact	Wisconsin Historical Society

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