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Jeeps From Venezuela

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These photos were published in the February 1956 issue of Globetrotter Magazine.

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The Flying ‘Jeep’ Universal

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Newspaper Ads in 1965 & 1966 championed the CJs and the V-6 power plant, calling it The Flying Jeep. This first article was published on August 21, 1965, in The Evening Independent.

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The Toledo Blade published an article two days after the one above, noted that Kaiser Jeep faced a new competitor, the Ford Bronco:

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This ad was published in a variety of newspapers. This particular one appeared October 12, 1966, in the Southeast Missourian.

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1954 News Article About Jeeps Being Shown at Fairs

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An August 20, 1954, article in the Toledo Bade discussed Kaiser-Willys upcoming demonstrations at 23 major fairs in 15 states. The article included a photo of a Jeep-a-Trench Trencher.

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1946 Announcement of the Jeep at Irvin Sachs in Delaware

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This ad from the February 17, 1946, issue of the Sunday Morning Star, published in Delaware, shared the news that Irvin Sachs would be introducing the new universal Jeep.

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1940 Minneapolis-Moline “Jeep” Newspaper Article

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Here’s an August 1940 Spokane Daily Chronicle article that is a reminder the name “Jeep” was used prior to the construction of the first Bantam jeep. In this case, it was used on the Minneapolis-Moline NTX tested at Camp Ripley. That vehicle sold for $29,000 at auction.

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1956 Article on Searchlights for Jeeps

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This article appeared in the February 1956 issue of Globetrotter. A similar article, with just one photo, appeared in the April 1956 issue of Willys News.

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1956 Harney Peak Article & Photos

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The February 1956 issue of Globetrotter featured a short article about using jeeps to take tourists to Harney Peak in South Dakota. You can see more pics and information about Harney Peak jeeps on a couple other posts.

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Sailing Sahara’s Sands by J. Mortimer Sheppard

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When loose deep sand was encountered, the ‘Jeep’ had to pull both the yacht and the sedan. [ed note … this caption was included in the original article]

This article by J. Mortimer Sheppard appeared in a 1956 issue of the Globetrotter magazine. An author of multiple books, Shepard spent three years traveling around the globe on behalf of Willys as a correspondent in the mid 1950s. On one occasion, described herein, he pulled a land yacht behind a jeep to the Sahara desert so he could sail across parts of Africa, accompanied by his wife and children.

Shepard went on to write an article for Wide World Magazine titled First to Sail the Sahara. An 1800 mile journey with his wife and family in a sand yacht over the Desert in 1956 (it’s also been republished as a book, but this may be a modern item). The second, Sahara Adventure, is an actual book and probably a more complete account of the trip. I’ve just bought it, so I’ll report on it once I read it.

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In many places the ‘Jeep’ was the center of attraction.

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A typical camp scene—time for oiling the rifle and catching up on correspondence.

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The *New* Maverick Special

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This February 17, 1960, article from Florida’s Lakeland Ledger introduced the new “Maverick Special” wagon to readers.

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1941 Article About Ford’s “Pygmy” Production

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This article was published in the February 28, 1941, issue of the Milwaukee Journal. Seemed like a good companion piece to the photo above.

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1948 FTC Decision Ordering Willys to Tone Down Advertising

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This March 10, 1948, article in the Toledo Blade reported that the FTC ordered Willys Overland to stop claiming or inferring that it had “either acting alone or in co-operation or collaboration with the United States Army or with any other agency or party, created or designed the automotive vehicle known as the jeep.”

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1958 4-Page Australian Jeep Article

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This August 25, 1958, article in the Sydney Morning Herald welcomed jeep manufacturing to Australia. The in-depth articles cover quite a bit of jeep history. The ads are interesting, too. Because the articles, photos, and ads are so interconnected, I’ve included full-page reproductions of the pages rather than try to slice them up to make them web friendly. There is also a useful list of jeep dealers for anyone tracking the history of jeeps in the state of New South Wales.

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1945 Article about CJ in New York

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The list of five items that the jeep is not good for is an interesting one. This was published in the June 16, 1945, issue of the Pittsburgh Press.

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1950 Article Introducing the New Sports Phaeton Jeepster

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Note the description of the “V” theme. This was published in the April 5, 1950, in The Evening Independent.

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1945 Introduction of the Post-War Jeep

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The July 19, 1945, issue of the Pittsburgh Press introduced the jeep with this article.

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1943 Article about Huge Post-War Market

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This April 8, 1943, article argued for a huge post-war demand for jeeps.

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Jeeps at a Ranch in Mississippi

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This article from the January 1958 issue of Willys News highlights the Holly-Bluff-on-the-Jordan ranch at Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, owned by James L. Crump.

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1944 Article about the Jeep Parentage Question

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This May 17, 1944, article from the Toledo Blade highlighted the dispute regarding who was the inventor of the jeep.

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1944 Article “Soldiers’ Darling” by Major Fairfax Downey

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Great little article by Fairfax Downey, the writer of the book Jezebel. It’s a neat short book about some of his WWII adventures. This article was published in the August 05, 1944, issue of the Spokesman-Review.

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1958 Chicago Auto Show

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This article from the January 1968 issue of Willys News shared news from the 1958 Chicago auto show. To the left is a rare photo of Willys’ Economy Delivery Truck. Here are other photos from past Chicago shows related to jeeps. And this one from the 1959 show.

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Pushing a Jeep in Italy

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This photo was published in the Eugene Register Guard on February 10, 1944. Of the four men, three were form Eugene and one was from Prineville, Oregon.

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Captive German Nurses Returned in 1944

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This non jeep article was quite fascinating. It was published in the July 3, 1944, issue of the Milwaukee Journal.

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War’s Greatest Hero—The Jeep

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Good article about the jeep from 1943. It was published in the Milwaukee Journal, September 18, 1943.

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Keep ’em From Rolling Article

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These appeared on G503’s Facebook page last week. I’m not sure what magazine this is from?

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1952 Article About the New Face of Jeep

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The Toledo Blade reported the change by the military from the square to the round nose.

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