Living in trailer homes is largely anAmerican culture, but the history of mobile homes originated in Europe.
The first trailer home owners were the travelling showmen who spent most of their lives on the road.
In the last hundred years or so, the Romani people have also spread to the Americas.
The Romanis call their wagons vardo, originating from the Ossetic word vurdon for cart.
They are often highly decorated, intricately carved, and brightly painted.
Some are even gilded.
Money and jewellery, however, was left to the family.
Vardos proliferated in the late 19th and early 20th century.
This period is often affectionately called the wagon time by Romanichal travellers.
