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Photo Featuring Holden Jeeps

• CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay

Marc found this great photo of two Holden modified jeeps.

“This No Reserve auction is for an original vintage WW2 Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo that measures approx. 8″ x 10”. This is an original photo, not a re-print or copy. Photo is 70 years old and may show expected age. Some photos may have small creasing, pin holes and/or show slight yellowing. The caption on the reverse reads in part …

NOW IT’S A HOSPITAL — Jeeps, fitted with stretcher racks, pull up to this wrecked Jap building on Saipan which the Marines are using for a hospital. The zig-zag camouflage didn’t help much as evidenced by the hits scored by Naval and artillery fire in the early part of the campaign …
OFFICIAL U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO

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1944 Last Issue of ‘The Jeep’ **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.

The Jeep was a newspaper published at the Monterey Presidio in California. The Defense Language Institute in Monterey has a collection of issues from 1943-1944. The one below was published November 4, 1944, and is supposed to be the last one.

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12 Issues of Willys World and more on ebay

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Here’s a chance to get Willys World newsletter information on eBay.

“VINTAGE LOT OF 12 STAPLED LOOSE PAGES NEWSLETTERS AND ADVERTISING, 3 MEMBERSHIP ROSTERS 1993 1994 1995, 10 BOOK NEWSLETTERS. NICE CONDITION, NO RIPS , GREAT FIND FOR THE COLLECTOR!! AN ESTATE SALE FIND!”

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U.S. Border Patrol Jeeps & the US Border Patrol Museum

• CATEGORIES: Features, Fire/Police/Industry Vehicles, Museums, Old Images • TAGS: This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: Steve let me know that the US Border Patrol Museum has an updated website with more photos. Below are a few historical photos. You can view more historical photos (with cars, jeeps, horses and more) here.

ORIGINAL POST 07/27/2012:

1. A cold day for guarding the boarder.us-border-patrol-museum

2.  Border Patrol Inspector observing sign of possible illegal border crossers encountered while on Jeep patrol duty near Del Rio, Texas – March 9, 1956:

3. High lookout point overlooking the Rio Grande River, June 29, 1961. [Location is still used to overlook Rio Grande River.]

This is the CJ-2A displayed in the Museum. It looks a little green in this picture, but it’s actually more gray in person.

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Keeneland Concours d’Elegance

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Tim was at the Keeneland Concours d’Elegance in Lexington, Kentucky, this past weekend. He reports that despite a rainy day, they had a good turnout, including 10 jeeps in the jeep area. Here are some photos he took.

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1949 Photo of Joe Jackson in his Jeep Wagon on eBay

• CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images, Willys Wagons • TAGS: This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

The photo of Joe Jackson, Jr., below was published in several different newspapers based on this google search.  He must have had a very loving wife to live in a jeep while touring Europe!

According to the article, “Joe is wearing a 64-year-old clown costume that belonged to his late father as he tries out the jeep station wagon he will use for touring Europe. Joe, who carries on a comedy act originated by his father, will use the station wagon for a dressing room and living quarters with his wife.”

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