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This December 1955 Willys News article shows a jeep exiting a fireplace in a Florida Jeep dealership. It looks too big for Santa to bring down the chimney, but a flat fender would have fit 🙂
This photo shows part of the assembly line for building jeeps in England.
“1943 Press Photo US Army Ordnance Jeep Assembly Line Workers, England
This is an original press photo. Photo measures 10 x 8.25inches. Photo is dated 10-28-1943.”
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UPDATE: Marion Isbell’s Ford GP was part of a photo shoot on his farm in Geneva Lake, Wisconsin. The top one is currently for sale on eBay. The rest were sold earlier. A little hard to believe all photos were taken on the same day, January 20, 1994.
1. For sale on eBay: View all the information on eBay
“You are bidding on an original press photo of Lake Geneva WI Man M Isbell Using WWII Jeep on His Farm. Photo has some slight waving left & right edges. If the listing shows thin red and/or green lines, they are the result of a bad scan & the lines are NOT on the actual scan. Photo measures 7 x 9 inches and is dated 1/20/1944.”
2. **SOLD** Was on eBay in Oct 2014.
Here’s a photo of a Ford GP pulling a manure spreader on Marion Isbell’s farm in Geneva Lake, Wisconsin. “1944 US Army Jeep Pulls Manure Spreader Alongside Horse & Wagon”
3. **SOLD** Was on eBay December of 2014.
“1944 Press Photo Former Army Jeep Used for Ice Harvesting Lake Geneva Wisconsin”
4. **SOLD** Was on eBay in November 2014.
“You are bidding on an original press photo of Lake Geneva WI Farmer Using Vintage WWII Jeep For Work. Photo has waving due to too much glue being used to apply the information sheet onto the back of the photo Photo measures 7 x 9 inches and is dated 1/20/1944.”
UPDATE: The photo below may show this CJ-5, which has a dash plaque from the same day.
“You are bidding on an original press photo of Texas Float Inaugural Parade Pennsylvania Avenue Washington DC. Jeep pulls float. Photo has small tear top edge. If the listing shows thin red and/or green lines, it is the result of a bad scan & the lines are NOT on the actual photo. Photo measures 8 x 10 inches and is dated 1/20/1969.”
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UPDATE: Originally published 02/18/2012
Here are a couple jeep pictures with Roy Rogers I hadn’t seen before.
http://www.westernclippings.com/treasures/westerntreasures_gallery_23.shtml. Note this one is a dually!
http://nostalgia049.wordpress.com/category/classic-tv/
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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