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These images of an International Refugee jeep in West Germany were part of Barbara Reinfeld’s journal. Journals were provided to refugees to document their experiences. You can learn more about the young woman’s diary here:
http://recordingvoices.blogspot.com/2012/08/barbara-reinfelds-refugee-camp-diary.html
This picture was scanned a few months ago by the University of Texas at San Antonio. It shows a series of Dj-3As ready to deliver Sommers Drugs goods in the San Antonio area.
https://utsalibrariestopshelf.wordpress.com/2015/09/21/texas-businesses-recently-scanned-images/
Maury spotted these engine brochures. I can’t tell if they are one page or multi-page.
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I guess that’s one way to load a jeep.
“1947 Press Photo Cuba Jeeps Loaded on Pan American Airways Plane, Miami Airport. This is an original press photo. Photo measures 10 x 8.25inches. Photo is dated 08-08-1947.”
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There’s no description and only one pic, but there appears to be a mechanical mule brochure on eBay.
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More pics courtesy of Charles.
No jeeps, but cool postcard.
d-day + 2 -8 june 44 -gen montgommery
Wintertime in Heelen, Holland
Omaha Beach
Looks like the ones in front are GPWs.
“1942- U.S. Coast Guardsmen, equipped with armed jeeps to protect war supplies from enemy sabotage, are shown getting their orders at a East Coast port before they start their patrol. Coast Guard jeeps are marked on their hoods with “USCG” above the registration number. The registration numbers start with “SC”. The first jeep is marked “SC 156”, the middle jeep is marked as “SC 164” and the jeep on the right is marked as “SC 133″”
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This photo must have been published in 1982, hence the late date?
“1982 Press Photo The Postwar Jeep Unveiled by Willys Overland Motors. This is an original press photo. The postwar Jeep, especially adaptable for peacetime pursuits, combines the four basic functions of tractor, light truck, mobile power unit and passenger conveyance. The Jeep, just unveiled to the public by Willy’s Overland”
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Here’s a neat little video with a field-made bazooka.
According to the March 1956 Willys News, some Willys owners were so busy with their snow plows they paid for them very quickly.
Seller will take offers.
“AUTHENTIC TYPE 1 PRESS PHOTO. WWII GLOSSY PICTURE. 7″ x 9″ A JEEP IS HEARSE FOR DEAD AMERICAN SOLDIERS ON ENIWETOK ISLAND! HIS ORIGINAL PRESS PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN 1945.ONLY A HAND FULL WERE PRINTED FROM A TYPE 1 NEGATIVE FOR THE NEWSPAPERS.THUS THIS PHOTO HAS BEEN STORED IN A FILE CABINET FOR 75+ YEARS. THE BACK HAS AUTHENTIC STAMPED YEAR AND PHOTO COMPANY.ALSO HAS A BRIEF HISTORY OF THIS GEM.”
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Another of the early staged photos introducing the 2A.
“1945 Press Photo Post-World War II Jeep by Willys-Overland Motors – This is an original press photo. Photo measures 10 x 8inches. Photo is dated 07-27-1945.”
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That’s trading in the old for the new.
“Original Press Photo. 1942- 107th Cavalry adopts steel steeds. Troops of the converted 107th Mechanized Regiment at Fort Ord stop to visit horses as they pass by enroute to maneuvers. Photo measures approx. 7″ x 9″”
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Tim shared this photo. He noted, “The photo was taken on Alderson Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, outside my mothers and my aunt’s home, with ROTC Cadets From Carnegie Tech (Now Carnegie Mellon). It was her first Jeep ride. My mother is the laughing blonde and the brunette is my aunt.”
Great jump, but sliding across the hood is so much cooler.
“1943- Captain Forest “Spec” Towns, holder of the world’s record for the 110 meter high hurdles, leaping over a jeep while serving as a company commander in a unit of the 5th Army in North Africa. Photo measures approx. 7″ x 9″”
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John forwarded this article from Hemmings on the Ford T-8 Gun Motor Carriage and its various derivatives. It was a jeep-like vehicle for transporting the M3 37mm anti-tank gun.
Read more here: http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2011/03/28/march-military-campaign-fords-other-wwii-four-wheel-drive-vehicles/?refer=news
Scott’s wagon was painted green last year so that it could appear as a mail jeep for the period movie Carol.
John shared this article. Daniel Stohl from Hemmings reported on Fiat-Chrysler’s 75th anniversary photo shoots, noting that many jeep folks (like me) would consider this the 76th year of the jeep. But, that detail aside, there were some beautiful pics taken. Check some of them out at Hemmings:
Seth spotted the patch below for sale on eBay. The Flatlanders 4-Wheelers club was incorporated February 11, 1976, in Amherst, Ohio. The patch was likely part of an estate sale, based on the seller’s comments on eBay.
“Large 8 x 5.5” (meant for the back of a jacket), 1970’s “Flat Landers 4 Wheelers” Jeep Club Patch.
Has to be sewn on, I didn’t know how to sew, I just kept it, HARD TO FIND!
Was kept in a drawer many years, looks JUST LIKE NEW!”
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UPDATE: No longer for sale.
Joe spotted this Crosley (don’t know the model) for sale in Winslow, Arizona. It looks like it’s restorable to me, but I don’t know a ton about them.
Seller has other press photos with jeeps for sale.
“This is a Type I Original News Press Wire Service Photograph.Size is 8″ x 10″. We are excited to offer photographs which are now available to the public after years inside photo archives. These are rare pieces of history from preiods of time which can never be repeated.”
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The top ad is from the October 1945 issue of the Spokesman Review. It ran for at least a month (October – November, 1945). The colored version below is a print from a scan (magazine scan?).
Great photos. I wish these were in color. They were published in the Jun 9, 1946, issue of the Milwaukee Journal and the June 16, 1946, issue of the Evening Star.
