Avon Winnebago Motor Home With Box - Vintage & collectibles 1966

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Avon

1966 Avon bottle in the Shape of a Winnebago Motor Home. The National Museum of American history has 1 in their collection and they wrote the following description: Avon Products celebrated Winnebago’s iconic status with this container for Wild Country after shave lotion. Vacationing families had invented the motor home to enjoy domestic comforts while exploring America’s back roads. The earliest examples in the 1910s and 1920s were cozy replicas of upper- and middle-class homes mounted on chassis. By the 1960s, with superhighways, paid vacations, and growing affluence, manufactured motor homes hit the road. In 1966, Winnebago Industries began making motor homes with modern looks, convenient layout, easy handling, and good performance. The Winnebago D-22 was an instant hit with affluent vacationers, securing the company’s place as America’s first mass-producer of motor homes. DATA SOURCE; National Museum of American History. ID NUMBER2004.0064.01 The motorhome is made of white milk glass with a white plastic cap. Measures 2 1/2” high x 1 7/8" wide x 5 3/4" long.