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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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Americans working at a British Ordnance Shop.
“1943- U.S. Army ordnance crews working on a jeep assembly line set up at a depot in England.”
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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.
Now, why are they putting a pole in the middle of the field?
“1945 Press Photo Willys-Overland Motors unveils postwar Jeep on post-hole digger”
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Mike shared this photo from Facebook. Poor jeeps! It might have originated here (a DJ-5 site)
Here’s another dead postal jeep graveyard:
That’s quite a photo.
“WWII U.S. Marines on Guadalcanal Riding in Jeep with Skull on Hood Press Photo”
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The St. Petersburg Times published this article in 1942 about the war bond drive. Purchases of bonds got the chance to ride in a jeep.
Here’s an unusual photo of a Bantam BRC-60 dressed in white.
“1942- U.S. Army peep and other vehicles with all-white camouflage during experiments conducted at Fort Brady for combat in winter conditions.”
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The photo below appeared in a 1958 article from the Spokesman-Review. The article below comes from a November 29, 1956 article in the Toledo Blade that announced the FC’s introduction.
This photo and article was published in the August 29, 1957, issue of the Reading Eagle from Reading, Pennsylvania. It looks to be a CJ-2. It sounds like it has been refurbished into a brush fire-fighting jeep. The article indicates this would be called Jeep No. 11, yet it is labeled Jeep No. 1.
Can’t say I ever tried this.
“You are bidding on an original press photo of Marvin Bud Ward Golfing Off Jeep Hood Dutch New Guinea WWII. Photo has waving due to too much glue being used to attach the information sheet onto the back of the photo. 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 photo. Photo measures 7 x 9 inches and is dated 10/7/1944.”
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The Smoky Mountain Jeep Club’s annual Boy Scout trip was reported on by Jeep News in 1966 through these three photos.
In 1966 the Jeep News Magazine reported on a 14,000 mile trip by Mr. And Mrs. J. Th. van Reijsen of the Netherlands.
This was one of several articles published about atomic tests and Willys vehicles. This article was published in the April 1955 issue of Willys News.
This photo has appeared in various publications.
“1943 Amphibian Jeep Tested in Detroit Original News Service Photo
A new amphibious Jeep is tested in Detroit before delivery to the Army, can carry 5 men and can plunge into water and propel itself like a boat. Associated Press Photo – 7” x 9-1/8””
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The first photo utilizes a B-17 cockpit. The second has a plane feel, but I don’t recognize the rear parts.
Nice shot.
“Vintage and iconic shot of Acme Newspictures war photographers Charles Seawood and Sherman Montrose in Rome c.1944”
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The April 1955 issue of Willys News featured this report in the April 1955 issue of Willys News.
That’s a neat photo.
“1943- Natives of Pollina, Sicily, watch American soldiers and their vehicles moving along in a narrow street after the town fell to the Allies. Note surge tank on front jeep.”
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The April 1955 issue of Willys News published this photo. It’s a tour jeep truck for the Africa. It seems a little too open to me. Those lions look like they could easily leap inside.
