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I suspect this couple was just married. You can’t say this woman didn’t know what she was getting herself into! Also, due to popular demand, I’ve added a “Women and Jeeps” Category.
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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay
Here’s another photo of a woman and a jeep.
Charles forwarded these two photos of women in jeeps.
Actress and singer Marlene Dietrich can be seen in the first photo:
The second photo shows Ruth Cowan, a reporter during WWII.
UPDATE: This photo of Dorothy Soderlund was purchased on eBay last May. Her niece, Nancy, discovered the photo on eWillys and wondered if an eWillys reader purchased the photo? As you can read in the comments, Nancy thought a great deal of her aunt Dorothy. If you purchased the photo, either comment below or contact me directly d @ evillys.com to learn more about Dorothy from Nancy.
Isn’t this an unusual photo? Based on the folded caption on the back of the photo, Dorothy Soderlund was a State Department Employee who is holding a trophy made from a bomb casing and a baseball signed by Eisenhower (possibly Dwight).
It’s a cute card.
“THIS FUN VINTAGE VALENTINE CARD HAS A WWII ARMY SOLDIER GIVING HIS GIRLFRIEND A RIDE IN HIS JEEP.
THIS IS PRINTED ON THE FRONT: “JEEPERS BUT I’D LIKE YOU FOR MY VALENTINE”.
THE CARD MEASURES 5″ HIGH AND 7-1/2″ WIDE. IT IS DATED 1944 ON THE BACK.
IT IS SIGNED IN PENCIL ON THE BACK. THERE IS NO TAPE OR SCRAPBOOK RESIDUE ON THE BACK OF THE CARD.”
I don’t think it’s a jeep, but it is Marilyn.
UPDATE: Sold on eBay for $3.65.
Here’s a great vintage postcard on eBay.
“Pink Jeep at Waikiki. This auction is for a nice divided postcard showing A Pretty Girl and Pink Jeep, Honolulu, Hawaii – Wonderful 1960 dated card – Published by well known Mike Roberts #C7639”
This photo shows Brazilian’s rounding up Italians during WWII.
Anyone recognize the woman in this pin-up photo? I don’t know her.
I just spotted this vintage card, so I got it for Ann. Or maybe, I’ll give it to her, so she can give it to me? Somehow, I’ll make sure she is happy and I get the card!
Marc found this interesting photo. The caption explains that a nurse is handing out a pill to help prevent colds. Anyone know what the pills might be?
The information reads: FATAL TO FLU — A pill a day keeps the flu away! That’s the theory behind a cold-prevention campaign now being carried on among workers at Willys-Overland Motors, where the use of special immunization tablets have reduce colds by 80 percent and checked absenteeism. Here, a plant nurse passes the tablets out among “Jeep” girls on the company’s assembly line.
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Here’s a short, but neat story about a Navy GPW purchased by a woman following WWII.
http://gt350lady.com/Ford-Jeep.html
UPDATE: Was on eBay. **SOLD**
“Military Comic Postcard WWII linen WAC women army jeep soldier #427 Vintage”
Everyone in the Navy jeep seems happy.
“1950’s 4×5 Negative~Pretty girls on a Military vehicle, p10224
Description: Original vintage negative from the late 1950’s. Taken by Don Comoe who was the official photographer at Naval Air Station at Los Alamitos, CA.
Size: 4 x 5″”
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Nice that the soldiers in the photos are named, but they left out the girl’s name.
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UPDATE: This photo was on eBay.
Here’s an interesting photo. Must have been a pedal jeep race of some type.
“vintage NEGATIVE photo BEACH GIRLS IN PEDAL CARS JEEP CAR 1950s
Condition: VERY GOOD (Please Note: condition is as shown above.)
Size: approx. 2½ x 2½ inch (35mm)(1 inch = 2.54 cm)
100% original | no copie or Reproduction!”
Charles found some more great jeep photos:
Here’s a photo of a Setaro Motors sign from New Haven, CT, at the HAMB archives:
Here’s a slat grille at some kind of war-support related gathering:
Here are three guys working on a motor:
Three girls pushing/helping/driving a jeep:
Panel wagon at work from the HAMB archives:
Cute Kid driving a pedal jeep:
Here are some more pics Charles found.
It looks posed, but it’s still a good shot.
“943- Pvt. Doris Irwin, U.S. Marine Corps, during advanced training course at Camp Lejeune. Photo measures approx. 8″ x 10”
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A US surfing celebrity called Roxy dropped by Moorea in Tahiti and borrowed Alex’s CJ3A for some fashion shots. I personally think they cropped too much of the jeep, but I guess it is all about the model these days . . . On the bright side, he made a few bucks on the rental 🙂
To Roxy’s credit, she could drive the jeep well. You can see more pictures of Alex’s jeeps (without Roxy) here
Here are some additional photos from the photoshoot
Finally, you can catch a quick glimpse of the jeep racing through the pinapple fields. You’ll have to watch a bunch of women in small bikinis to see it though. I’m sure you’ll all suffer through it just fine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQP7qpoBNkA&feature=player_detailpage
She looks pretty happy with the Bantam.
“from soldiers photo album, no locations, though some from Louisiana maybe (car with 1941 license plate at barracks, Dr Pepper sign, ) & Oregon marked on one & one photo had Wisconsin on it.”
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I can’t tell if this is a photgraphic studio prop jeep or a movie studio prop jeep.
“Original World War II Real Photo Postcard, (An actual photograph), Postally Unused. Women in Unusual Military Jeep Studio Prop. The photo’s in very good condition, but does have a band of very fine cracks running vertically up the middle of the photo, about 1″ wide. They are extremely fine and not visible at all unless photo is held in reflected light. It has very sharp detail, better than scan”
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Here are a few SEEP photos I found today.
1) This was posted at zeelandnet.nl . The link includes photos of a GPA restoration.
2) This one is from Photobucket
3) This one is from the World War II Database. The caption reads: Canadian Prime Minister King and General Harry Foster walking by a Ford GPA amphibious Jeep, England, UK, 18 May 1944
Shoes and jeeps . . . what more could a woman want?
“Life Stride Shoes
Like The Army Jeep,Fashion Fresh,
Vintage 1942 Print Ad”
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Robert spotted this great link of Life Magazine Photos. The photos range across the decades, including black/white and color ones. This was photographed by Myron Davis for the July 1945 issue.
http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/browse/jeep?hl=en
