Features Research Archives

To Top

Photo of First US Man Drafted for WWII Elmer Banke with Jeep on eBay

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

It’s the man in the photo that makes it most interesting.  This seller has more jeep photos he is selling.

“This is an “ORIGINAL PERIOD GLOSSY PHOTO BY U.S. AIR FORCE” of JEEP INSPECTOR SGT. ELMER BANKE WHO WAS THE FIRST MAN TO BE SELECTED FOR THE PEACE-TIME DRAFT IN 1940, photo date -1947. The condition is very good and measures 8″ x 10″. I will be listing more Military Vehicle photos in the weeks to come if you are interested.”

View all the information on eBay

elmer-banke-first-peacetime-draft

[fb_button]
 
To Top

1943 Fletcher Jeep Tanks AD **SOLD**

• CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features, trailer This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.

These fuel tanks could be pulled by jeeps and other vehicles.

“This is an original vintage 1943 magazine advertisement by Fletcher Aviation Corp. (Pasadena, California) titled
“New Fletcher Jeep Tanks … give gasoline service on the double!”
with 2 WWII era photos.
The ad measures approximately 7 3/4″ x 11 1/4″, is in excellent condition, and can easily be matted & framed.”

1943-fletcher-jeep-tanks-ad

[fb_button]
 
To Top

1950s Real Photo Postcard near Atlanta, Idaho on eBay

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

This RPPC or Real Photo Postcard was taken near Atlanta, Idaho. Though I wanted to check out Atlanta, I never made it while I lived in Idaho. It’s lodged in the remote hills north east of Boise. Founded in 1855, it still has a post office. It seems it had some other claim to fame, but that bit of trivia escapes me at the moment. You can learn more here.

Here are some neat photos of buildings in the tiny town from Flickr

View all the information on eBay

1950s-postcard-atlanta-id

[fb_button]
 
To Top

Jeep Village in France

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

As it happens on the web, Art found a picture posted at the Jeep Wrangler Facebook Page and posted it on the Jeep Thing page. I saw the picture and wondered where it was taken, so I reposted it. Roberto had the answer, which leads us to a post about Jeep Village.

Opened in 1947, Jeep Village operates a shop just south of Paris in Chevilly Larue and another in the South of France at Aix en Provence. The sell vintage flatties and manufacture and sell parts. The resell MD Juan tubs as well.

You can read about them on Facebook Or visit their website

Here’s a picture floating around Facebook:

jeep-village-france2

Here’s a picture from the Jeep Village’s Paris site:

jeep-village-france1This is the shop in Southern France:

jeep-village-france3

[fb_button]
 
To Top

Photos of Stretched MBs/GPWs

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

Sarge Mark spotted a variety of stretched MBs/GPWs on a 2009 post from Jeep-jitsu. You can see all the photos here:
http://jeep-jitsu.blogspot.com/2009/12/blasts-from-past-pre-cj-6-jeeps.html

jeep-jitsu-stretchedmb4You can view other stretched jeeps that I have found for sale or around the web here, some in odd ways.

[fb_button]
 
To Top

Young Lad Jeep with Figural Soaps by Helen Pessi on eBay

• CATEGORIES: Artists/Drawings, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

I never imagined someone would make soldier figurine soaps.

“This is a wonderful vintage children’s set, designed for little boys by the Helene Pessl Company. It is an Army Jeep with three figural soap soldiers. This set is from the 1940’s or 1950’s, as best I have been able to determine. The Soldiers fit into the bottom of the Jeep, and the Jeep slips into the outer box. It is in decent condition, showing some wear on the Jeep parts that fold, and appears to be missing a couple cardboard details from the Jeep. The soaps have never been used… it is being sold ‘as is’. The entire package measures 7 inches (17.5 cm) long by 3 inches (8 cm) wide and 3-1/2 inches (9 cm) tall.”

View all the information on eBay

young-lad-figurine-soaps-helen-pessi1

[fb_button]