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Neat photo.
“WWII Irish Boys Inspect U.S. Navy Jeep at Naval Base in Ireland Orig Press Photo”
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I bet this is one of the earliest Santa-in-a-jeep photos.
“1941- Santa Clause uses jeep to bring presents to troops at the Quartermaster Replacement Center at Camp Lee, Virginia.”
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This photo was featured in the May 22, 1946 issue of The Bulletin out of Bend, Oregon.
Nice shot.
” This is an original press photo. An American jeep rides through a section of the Burma road in China that is cut right into the rocky mountainside. This is at the road’s lowest elevation in China, 2,960 feet.Photo measures 7 x 9inches. Photo is dated 10-16-1944.”
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This article from the December 1955 Jeep News shares the growth of Bosemer Plumbing and its use of two different Jeep-A-Trenches. Note the serial number of the very early trencher: 11C-915. I never would have guess that was one of the first ones ever built!
Dan tells me this was taken at the Santa Monica Pier. Dated 1953.
“Cute Boy on Car Merry Go Round Sign Photo”
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Unsure who is doing the driving.
“1945 Press Photo Jeep Hauling Boxes at Industrial Plant – This is an original press photo. Photo measures 10.25 x 8.25inches. Photo is dated 05-05-1945.”
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Carl Baklaar was a veteran signalman for Pere Marquette Railroad. He used a CJ-2A as his maintenance vehicle. Looks like a Kemco cab?
This photo of a 1955 parade jeep sporting lions was published by the Flat Tires And Engine Misfires website.
This 1964 Ad appeared in the Toledo Blade newspaper.
This photo was published in the May 13, 1943, issue of the Spokane Daily Chronicle.
Frank Haagen & Son was an Ellensburg, Washington, Jeep dealer. It was published November 16, 1953, in the Ellensburg Daily Record.
How about this horrific accident!
“1948 Press Photo Jeep in accident with large truck Dayton, Ohio. This is an original press photo. Photo measures 9 x 6inches. Photo is dated 11-11-1948.”
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In 1980 the Fruitville Fire Department received a 1951 wagon modified into a “rescue jeep”. This article was published in the Sarasota Herald Tribune on Dec. 23, 1980.
This December 1955 Willys News article described the purchase of forty CJ-5s by the Circus Ice Cream Company of Houston, Texas. Do those hub caps look unusual?
This December 1955 article in Willys News shared the news of this specially equipped hunting jeep for “famous sportsman” F. Trubee Davison.
No caption included, but the fascinating photo tells its own story.
“1944- French patriot steadies a wounded U.S. soldier on hood of jeep as he is evacuated from battle in Coutances, France.”
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Interesting photo.
“1945 Press Photo Jeeps checked before being sent out to battle in Japan
This is an original press photo. Photo measures 8 x 6.25inches. Photo is dated 01-31-1945.”
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John’s been going through old photos and digitizing them. Each of these includes a jeep somewhere in it. Neat photos. Thanks for sharing!
I don’t think I’ve published this one previously.
“1942- U.S. airbone infantry troops practice loading a jeep into specially built mockup fuselage at Fort Benning, Georgia.”
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Great shot of the VEC.
“1946 Press Photo Toledo Edison Company employees using a Jeep out in the field
This is an original press photo. Two “trouble shooters” for the Toledo Edison Company, Toledo, Ohio, find using a Jeep suitable for reaching poles in “deep cut and heavy fill” areas.Photo measures 8 x 10.25inches. Photo is dated 03-07-1946.”
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Apparently, this parking enforcement jeep was ticketed by parking enforcement.
“1967 Detroit MI Parking Enforcement Jeep Ticketed Press Photo”
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UPDATE: Back on eBay
(03/05/2014) That is Al Whalen and his brother’s GPW/MB. I don’t who Al is, but I wonder if his brother is still looking for his jeep?
“1946 Press Photo Al Whalen, Acme NY mailroom foreman & his brother’s jeep”
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