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Carol Landis and Jeeps

March 11, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images, Women & Jeeps This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Paul alerted me to this first photo of Movie Star Carole Landis in a jeep. Given the passenger door, I’m wondering if it might have been some type of Holden modified Australian MB?

This first photo is located at a UCLA website. The jeep sure looks similar to a jeep that was for sale in 2010.

carole-landis-holden-jeepShe was also photographed in a Ford GP Prototype:

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But, she might be most famously connected with jeeps due to her role in the movie Four Jills in a Jeep from 1944. The photo below and the image of the book below that were posted at this website:

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Carole even wrote a book about her experience entertaining the troops which was also published under the name Four Jills in a jeep,.

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Photo of WACs with a Ford GP

March 11, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Bantam-FordGP-WillysMA-EarlyJPs, Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: **sold** Was on eBay.

Just the print, not the negative, was for sale.

“You are buying a high quality, 8×10 inch photograph. It is printed with Archival Inks on Premium Heavyweight Photographic Paper. The photograph is made from the original glass or celluloid negative or from the original photograph. My photographic reprints are known for their sharpness and beautiful warm tone. This image shows a WAC recruiting photo from Detroit Michigan featuring a Army Jeep. I combine the shipping on multiple photo purchases, so don’t forget to check out my Ebay Store.”

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Jeeps and Medics

March 8, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Charles hunted down these photos of jeeps and medics.

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Ernest Wood — Holland, 1945

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March 1945, Medical detachment of the 70th Tank Battalion.

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Timberwolf Medics Germany, 1945 — Note the special helmet markings and the chaplain’s jeep.

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10th mountain division — Mt. Belvedere, Italy, 1945

 

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1941 Photo of BRC-60 and Men with Rifles on eBay

March 7, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Bantam-FordGP-WillysMA-EarlyJPs, Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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I’ve never seen an original version of this press photo from February 6, 1941. Great photo! The use of the term “Might Midget” rather than jeep or blitz buggy is notable.

“This is an original press photo. Dept- US Army Service Corps, Credit – ACME & NEAPhoto measures 9 x 7inches. Photo is dated 02-6-1941.”

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Jeep @ the Poe Motor Company

March 5, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Buz found this photo from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He writes, “This is Poe Motor Company a Plymouth/Desoto dealer, the building still stands, maybe one day I can get a photo of my CJ3A in front of it, I believe the building is now a restaurant.” The Poe Motor Company name is painted across the windshield.

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1941 Photo of Willys MAs in San Francisco

March 3, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Bantam-FordGP-WillysMA-EarlyJPs, Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Here’s a fantastic photo from Crissy Field near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. It sure looks way different now! I found the photo at this military mashup site, which has a good collection of jeep prototype photos.

http://militarymashup.com/military-jeep-prototype.htm

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