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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on ebay
Looks like both jeeps no long have windshields.
“You are bidding on an original press photo featuring . Photo is 6” x 5” in size.”
John shared these photos taken by his cousin Eddie.
“My cousin Eddie Bachmann got drafted in May 1944, ended up south of the battle of the Buldge around Hagenau, France, in january 1945 as a mortar man. The 42 Division went on to liberate Dachau in April 1945 and by mid summer were occupation troops in Zell am See, Austria. By that time he was a 6 stripe Sergeant and still only 18. Here are some photos of his buddies and Jeeps. He later became a Catholic priest.”
Photo from Zell am Zee,, Austria, summer 1945, 42nd Division, RAINBOW DIVISION
Photo from Zell am Zee,, Austria, summer 1945, 42nd Division, RAINBOW DIVISION
Early march 1945
winter 1945-46 Austria
This issue has some great stuff. Note the last page with the modified truck. I wished the photos were clearly.
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This issue includes a testimonial about the Willys Sedan Delivery Jeeps.
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That just doesn’t look fun.
“1944- U. S. soldiers are trying to push a mired Jeep through thick mud which passes as a road. [A second Jeep is behind this one and is mounting a cal. 50 machine gun on a pedestal mount.]”
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The name of the jeep owner is on the side of the CJ-2A, but is obscured by the watermark.
“You are bidding on an original press photo of Vintage Jeep Clears Snow Bronxville NY . 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 1/26/1948.”
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This jeep has an unusual hardtop.
“Lockheed P-38 pilot Captain Watson with a Jeep, part of the 1st Fighter Group.”
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This CJ-3B Fire Jeep was featured in the May 1955 issue of Willys News
Not the best quality, but this first photo appeared in the February 13, 1941, issue of the Spokesman Review. The photo shows Bantam BRC-60s laying down a smokescreen. The caption calls the vehicles “midget trucks” and then claims the trucks are called “bugs” by the troops.
However, by May 7th, 1941, the Spokesman Review was referring to the vehicle not as a truck, but as a command car called a “jeep”.
This is a 1964 press photo. Should I know who Sonny Childers is (a quick google search wasn’t much help)? I think Sonny is in a CJ-3A with a 2A windshield. That’s only based on the 3A looking bumper and front frame rail.
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This news wire photo includes a CJ-6, but there’s no caption that describes the photo’s purpose.
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This press photo shows an MB catching some big air. Despite the jeep’s early vintage, the date of the photograph is Feb 11, 1944. This photo has appeared in a variety of places, including on the cover of Jeep Genesis: The Rifkind Report book.
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This unpublished Life Magazine photo was published by this site in 2010. During the liberation of Paris, German soldiers remained in the city, occasionally acting as snipers. In this photo, a French family seeks shelter next to a jeep form a sniper.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/25/liberation-of-paris-photo_n_694625.html
Marc spotted a 1962 photo of Queen Elizabeth on a CJ-3B inspecting troops in India with President Nehru. This press photo is currently available on eBay.
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(From 2012) Mitch forwarded this scanned photograph. It shows either Queen Elizabeth (or Princess Elizabeth) in a nicely modifiedMB/GPW. I’ve looked for other photographs of this jeep, but haven’t found any. I also have yet to discover what book this came from. If anyone could supply that information, it would be helpful! Here’s one of her in a more conventional WWII jeep.
Marc spotted this unusual photo of a CJ-6 on rails.
The June/July 1956 issue of Willys News shared a photo of this mini jeep from Dana Motors in North Sacramento, California.
UPDATE: This post originally featured the press photo at the bottom. Adding to the information, I discovered an article from the May 1956 issue of Willys News discussing how the buffalo were more patiently herded by jeeps than by horses.
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According to this 1951 press release, this jeep was used to round up twelve buffalo. They were shipped to Chicago for an international livestock exhibition. The watermark kind of obscures the jeep.
“You are bidding on an original press photo of Jeep Beside Buffalo in Custer State Park South Dakota. Photo has newspaper marks & waving right edge Photo measures 7 x 9 inches and is dated 11/27/1951.”
