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Jeep with 2000-Watt Searchlight for Border Patrol

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The July 1956 Popular Science article doesn’t indicate which country ordered this special search light, but this mobile, self-contained spotlight put out some serious light.

You can find this issue for sale on eBay

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CJ-2A Spraying in Hillsborough, FL, Circa 1950

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I wish the picture was more of a closeup. This picture comes from Florida Memory.

“Hillsborough County Health Dept. Mosquito Control project fogging for pests. Early mosquito control spraying consisted of making a “thermal fog,” in which hot diesel oil was mixed with a DDT solution and then vaporized.”

http://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/44781

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