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Unfortunately, the seller didn’t provide the entire photo in one shot. It felt like it was raining like that on Saturday on Long Island!
“Third Army Jeep in Flooded France WWII Dispatch Photo News Service
This is thin stock, put out by the Dispatch Photo News Service in New York during World War II. Measures roughly 10 3/4 x 12 1/2. Blank back.”
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In April of 1956 farmer Henry Miller purchased a second jeep, but this time he added a top to keep him warm.
What an interesting map!
“SCHOOLS AT WAR. BOND DRIVE WALL POSTER
U.S TREASURY PROGRAM TO TRY TO GET 90% OF ALL SCHOOL CHILDREN SELLING WAR BONDS & STAMPS
VERY RARE , ORIGINAL LARGE WORLD WAR TWO POSTER. MEASURES ABOUT 28″ BY 22″
POSSIBLY THE ONLY ONE LEFT IN EXISTENCE. MOST WERE RECYCLED FOR THE WAR DRIVE, OR DESTROYED.”
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An interesting piece of memorabilia.
“SCHOOLS AT WAR, QUARTERLY WAR SAVINGS NEWS BULLETIN FOR TEACHERS
ORIGINAL PERIOD PAPER. WORLD WAR TWO
VERY RARE THIS MAY BE THE ONLY COPY LEFT IN THE WORLD ! MOST WERE THROWN AWAY OR DESTROYED
THIS ISSUE DATE: October 1943
cover: JEEP WITH SOLDIERS”
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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.
“Classic tonka honey bucket jeep. Good condition, straight from an estate so it could use a little clean up. Some edge chips, some marker/drawing on the underside of the hood. See photos. Manufactured from 1972-73 based on old tonka catalogs and newspaper ads.”
This May 1955 article from Willys News (no pics) shares the story of a fire jeep demonstration that became a real fire fight. You can learn more about Jeep Commando Fire Engines on the CJ-3B page.
Alex from Tahiti has one spoiled dog. Look at his morning walk!
You’d think any car that can get to 60MPH in less than ten seconds couldn’t be a Willys. But, Paul discovered that the new Willys AW 380 Berlinetta can do that and more! It’s reminiscent of the Interlagos, which I got a chance to check out this past spring thanks to Dan.
http://www.autoblog.com/2014/12/05/willys-aw-380-renault-alpine-porsche-engine/
Not perfect, but appears in great shape.
“Old Willys sign.
2 sided.
At the bottom it has these markings:
Walker & Co Detroit
Asking $2500 or best offer.”
http://tulsa.craigslist.org/atq/4789502126.html
Tree at Rockefeller Square
Yesterday Kasia and I went into Manhattan to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It turns out that while Kasia had explored far more of Manhattan than I known, she hadn’t been to the Met, so it was a must visit opportunity.
Riding the train from Sea Cliff into the city with Kasia Friday morning allowed us to catch up on a number of her adventures in Manhattan. In fact, just the night before (Thursday night) my nineteen-year-old daughter was invited to a work-oriented christmas party at Times Square. Near midnight, she left the city for the hour and a half trip back via subway and buses to her current quarters in Franklin Square. Let’s see, traveling late at night by herself through New York . . . sometimes, it is better for a father NOT to know these type of stories.
Yesterday turned out to be a good day to vista the Met. At times we had whole rooms of art to ourselves. Kasia didn’t realize that I knew a thing or two about art, so I shared what I knew and admitted what I didn’t. We walked for what seemed like days, but that might have been because I have been walking for days. Eventually we both tuckered out, stopping for a quick smoothie before leaving.
I’m not sure what those two statuettes were doing behind us.
From the Met we walked to my great aunt’s place on the east side to deliver some cookies (special German lebkuchen from an old family recipe), before proceeding to Rockefeller Square so we could see the lights.
It took us a couple of hours to return to Sea Cliff. By then we were starving. We pulled out the Yelp app on our iPhones and settled on a peruvian restaurant called Manka in Glen Cove. It proved to be a great choice. We enjoyed a Pervian feast of chicken leg, chicken heart, beef, pork chop, and port sausage, accompanied by fried casaba and plantain.
I know it doesn’t quite look like it in the photo, but she was enjoying the food!
On Saturday we are going to do a little shopping. We’ll have fun, but I doubt there will be anything interesting to report.