Adams Motorbungalo
Glenn H. Curtiss is a famous aviator pioneer in American history and needs no further introduction as his place in history is well established. One can read of his exploits with any simple Google Search. But less known is the fact that he was also a major player in the early RV industry with some leading edge designs. He was among the very first to design a travel trailer with solid walls and a ridgid roof known as the Curtiss Trailer. He was granted US Patent 1,437,172 on November 28, 1922 for his trailer.
A smaller version of Curtiss's trailer was manufactured by G. Carl Adams, Curtiss' half brother, to appeal to the autocamper whose budget was more limited. The Adams Trailer Corporation, located in Hammondsport, New York, manufactured the Adams Motorbungalo. There is some discrepancy as to the manufacturing location as Adams Trailer Corporation was affiliated with Keuka Industries at the time. Production began in 1921.
The Adams Motorbungalo is so well described in chapter 12 of Autocamping, published in 1923 by F. E. Brimmer, that I will include a link to those pages. You can find the start on page 174. The Adams Motorbungalo was more of a luxery trailer, costing about 3 times as much. But it weighed about the same as a tent trailer of the time. Adams Trailer Corporation also produced a smaller model called the Motorbungalo Junior. It resembled more of the traditional tent trailers of the time folding flat and having a cavas roof and walls. Both trailers could be used as commercial hauling trailers as desired by simply removing the camping outfits.
Both trailers were not manufactured very long, neither surviving the early-mid 1920's. But Glenn H. Curtiss did go on to invent and manufacture many other successful travel trailer designs.