This photo has an unusual feel to it.
Old Images Research Archives
Getting Winched
A reader sent me this old photo, writing “This is a old photo of mark vansciver and his dad Steve (friends of our family )trying to winch their Jeep up a embankment (side of the mountain) on vacation in western NC ……..Jeep survived……marks pride hurt”
Two Accidents: One Wagon and one CJ
Buz spotted these two pictures. They are part of the Boston Public Library online photo stream on Flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/7157847945/in/set-72157626646768526/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/7157847945/in/set-72157626646768526/
M-38A1 at Fort Lewis Circa 1958
UPDATE: This has been relished on eBay.
Though it appears stuck in thick Tacoma area mud, there is an explicit declaration on the back of the photo stating that the jeep is NOT stuck.
“Up for sale is a 1958 Original B&W Glossy 7×5 Photograph taken by an Army Photographer and showing what I believe is a US Army Willys M38A1 (MD) Jeep in a Very Muddy Road with Id’d Soldier, most likely at Fort Lewis or Yakima Training Center in Washington State. Back is hand titled: Lloyd McClelland + jeep in mud. Not stuck. Taken while on hill duty. Year is based on some dated images in this collection. Any serious defects will be noted here [curved ends, light roughness to lower edge, old tape, minor tape? staining on back], but since condition is subjective, please enlarge photos & decide overall condition for yourself. This would make a wonderful addition to your collection.
ALL the images I have by this unknown US Army Photographer were taken in Washington State in 1958. However some of his military views do not give location info, so location is a best guess from what is shown. I also have several other Army / Air Force photos from this photographer on eBay.”
Photo of Girls on a MB/GPW
Here’s a nice photo of two women sitting on a military jeep. I wonder what it says on the hood.
CJ-2 PR Photo on eBay
Here’s a reproduction of a PR photo of an experimental CJ-2 jeep pulling a wagon.
Dream Lover in a CJ-6
Soviet Russia WW2 Photo2 on eBay
No details on when this photo was taken. It is sold out of Kiev, Ukraine.
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The auction on this photo by the same seller fetched a bid of $18.50. I was surprised it went that high.
Old Photos from the High Desert
A Wagon in Times Square, Manhattan, NY
One update tonight. Here is a picture forwarded by a friend of Jon’s. Cool pic! Times Square certainly has changed over the decades.
Rapid Intervention Vehicles of the RAF
I learned about these over at the airfieldinformationexchange.org forum. The CJ-3B Page covers these as well in more depth. There are pictures of these at an FAR site as well: http://www.rafanddfsa.co.uk/Photgraphs.htm#Oldies
CJ-3B Abandoned during 1965 War
According to this Pakistani Blog (in English?) this CJ-3B was “The Jeep of Indian Major General Parasad; he left it and ran away during a retaliation attack by Pakistani forces”. It was part of the 1965 War. I hope the Pakistani forces didn’t blow it up.
Pontoon Bridge over the River Po
According to the Denver Public Library’s Digital Archives, this photo “Shows pontoon bridge over the River Po. Two Tenth Mountain Division soldiers drive a jeep loaded with boxes. Four more loaded jeeps drive through a cut in an embankment. Twelve soldiers sit nearby or stand ready to work near the bridge. Italian citizens and more soldiers sit at the top of the cut and watch the passing convoy. Many of the Italians have bicycles with them.”
http://cdm15330.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15330coll22/id/42747/rec/18
Ice Skating in East Tawas, Mi
Treb found this great old picture from East Tawas, Mi. Great pic. Kids, if you try this at home, don’t tell you parents you saw it here!
Jeep Pics at the Denver Public LIbrary
I was looking for something, can’t even remember what at the moment, when I ran across this picture of jeeps at a race in Cripple Creek, Colorado, on Hemmings. That lead me to the Denver Public Library Digital Collections where I found a variety of pics.
Here is one image of kids on a jeep as part of a war bond effort.
http://cdm15330.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15330coll23/id/9467/rec/7
Here is a second photo:
http://cdm15330.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15330coll23/id/9461/rec/8
The caption on this photo notes these men are wounded vets and are touring the Gates Rubber Plant in Denver.
http://cdm15330.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15330coll22/id/36084/rec/20
Here are some post war jeepers exploring mining areas in Colorado in the 1950s.
http://cdm15330.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15330coll22/id/14795/rec/23
May 2012 Issue of Hot Rod Deluxe Magazine
Mark reports that the recent edition of Hot Rod Deluxe Magazine has a variety of jeep pictures in it. Here are a couple. I have yet to pick up my copy.
Mark writes, “Found this cool copy of Hot Rod Deluxe magazine – May 2012 edition while in Barnes and Noble the other day. This nice little gem features a ton of Willys cars, trucks and quite a few Willys Jeeps as well. See pics attached. Page 6 features the first Four Wheel Drive Grand Prix in 1965 with allot of Jeeps in the pic. Page 33 features Bob Panella’s huge collection of Willys cars and trucks. Scattered throughout the rest of the pages you will find race jeeps and tricked out jeeps from back in the day which are pretty cool.”
@ Fort Lewis (now JBLM)
This morning’s updates have come directly from Fort Lewis, which is now known by the term JBLM (Joint Base Lewis-McChord). Well, technically I’m at the VA hospital waiting on Ann, so it might be more accurate to say I’m very near JBLM. In commemoration of my visit, I thought I’d post a couple Fort Lewis related images.
From Ford42GPW comes this picture of a couple of soldiers from the 15th Infantry. You can read more at the website.
Old Cars Weekly’s website published this overhead shot of the 15th infantry. There are a couple different early jeeps in this picture.
The G503 website has this thread about a Ford GP and Bantam BRC-40
Soldiers Guarding a Ship in Africa
I ran across this image the other day. It’s a surreal composition. The AP Photo is part of a collection of 45 pictures from Africa published on the Atlantic Monthly’s website. View all the amazing photos here.
According to the caption, “A U.S. army soldier with a sub-machine gun and another in a jeep guard the looming S. S. Partos which was damaged and had capsized against the dock when the Allies landed at the North African port, in 1942. (AP Photo)”
Esteban finds some more unusual images
Originally posted Feb 3, 2010
Inspired by the Castro/Guevara video I found, Esteban went hunting for a couple more vintage pics from that era. Sebastian has generously shared those with us below. Esteban also found what Sebastian believes is “a very special since it could be the first Willys ad ever in Colombia. It was published before the jeeps arrived to the country. It is basically inviting people to reserve their jeeps before arrival time.”
Image from New Jersey State Police Museum
Steve discovered this image in the New Jersey State Police Museum archives. The museum was kind enough to allow us to publish it.
Steve rights, “I did some research with our museum staff and found this picture from 1951 of a state trooper driving a WW II Willys MB that had been converted for police use. Looks like it may have been used in rural areas as a sorta fire jeep. See the large fire extinguisher on the left fender skirt …. Coincidentally, one of our troopers (Trooper Joseph C. Walter Jr. #685) was killed in the line of duty in a motor vehicle accident on 9-7-52, I believe in that very same jeep.”
A Jeep helps out a Peplum Movie
From the “you learn something new every day” department, I just learned that a Peplum Movie is a genre of Italian films known as ‘Sword and Sandal’, perhaps better called Greek period films. Peplum is the Greek word for ‘tunic’. I stumbled upon the picture below, along with the topic of peplum, when searching for “Lucille Ball” and “jeep”. I surely do not know how that search string is related to a male actor in a tunic exiting a jeep, but if Google says they are related, I guess I must yield to its genius.
Anyhooo, this is Steve Reeves stepping from a MB/GPW during the filming of “Hercules” in 1958 from the website http://www.peplum.ca.
Press Photo of Tuxedo Park CJ-5 eBay
I thought this was an odd photo due to the passenger seeming to pretend to be holding a steering wheel. This photo is being auctioned on eBay.
Alaskan WWII Hardtops
Here are four different custom hardtops built during WWII and used in Alaska:
1. From “Attu WWII Photos” comes this unusually designed hardtop. I don’t think I’ve featured this previously (at least, if I did, I couldn’t find it). (It turns out this and some other photos are at the CJ-3B ATTU Hardtop Page)
http://www.hlswilliwaw.com/aleutians/attu/html/attu-wwii-pg3.htm
2. From Flickr and www.throughtheireyes2.co.uk comes this odd hardtop. The author of the throughtheireyes website collects photo albums from soldiers and publishes the photos. He has some very good photos there.
3. Here’s one more hardtop from a 1944 expedition.
4. Jimmy Stephens and his jeep with hardtop in Adak, Alaska.
http://stanstark.blogspot.com/2011/08/war-in-alaska-pieces-of-puzzle-fit.html
S. H. Hunter’s SeaBee Scrapbook
The grandson of Samuel Hunter created an online scrapbook of his adventures during World War II in the Pacific. Interestingly, Sam was 44 when he joined the Navy. Perhaps due to his age, he understood the uniqueness of this experience and kept a scrapbook. From the scrapbook comes the entire story along with this picture, one of many images. It is a fascinating story.
Lifting a Willys MA at the Presidio
From the San Francisco Library Archives comes this picture of soldiers lifting a Willys MA (thanks Josh!).
Here’s the text that accompanies the archive: “Dwarfed by the sprawling expanse of the Golden Gate Bridge in the background and the lifting power of a few soldiers, two of the new jeeps to be used for military traffic duty are shown at Crissy Field. Notice, at right, how the troops don’t seem to be straining hard as they raise the car. Handles for lifting the little war machines can be seen on the jeep at left. Three dozen of the vehicles were issued to the 524th Military Police Battalion.”