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1944 Photo of General Henry Lewis w/jeep on eBay

February 24, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Marc spotted this neat photo, but the price seems a bit steep?

“Large Photo about 8″ x 10″ from US Signal Corps. Censored on the reverse. This is General Henry Lewis, Chief of Staff for Bradley’s 12th Army. This is an original vintage WWII Photo.”

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Jeep under German Troop Transport Photo on eBay

February 24, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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That’s a good shot of a German plane.

“American Jeep Under Tail of Junkers Transport 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. Has caption along the bottom telling about the picture. A friend told me this is offset lithography (dot pattern)”

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More Pics from Charles

February 23, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Here’s a range of photos Charles found on the internet.

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This is from Armed Forces Day, 1950. Original photo is here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Navy_Jeep_New_Orleans_recruitment.jpg

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1944 Photo of Paul Martz w/jeep on eBay

February 23, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Paul Martz, Jr, from Somerset, Pennsylvania, learned he was a father of a boy, hence the new name of the jeep.

“You are bidding on an original 6 X 8 Press Photo of Paul Martz Jr France Father Somerset PA Jeep Paulette News. Small crease on bottom but is otherwise in very good condition. Please see scan for details. Thanks for looking. Photo is dated 1944.”

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Brit Joan Rogers Relaxes in a Jeep

February 22, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images, Women & Jeeps This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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This photo shows Joan Rogers sitting in the jeep she used to pass a driving test. She found the jeep ‘great fun’. She lived in London during WWII, serving in the Royal Army Pay Corp before being selected for officer training at the Women’s Royal Army Corps. The website TheMemoryProject shares her story of living through the bombing of London.

http://www.thememoryproject.com/stories/1009:joan-mary-rogers/

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Joan Mary Rogers after passing her driving test in 1945. http://www.thememoryproject.com/stories/1009:joan-mary-rogers/

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APU Hood Numbers

February 21, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Tom Sterndale was wondering if any knows the numbering system behind these Navy APU Hood numbers. Thanks to Aron for this great photo.

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Centre D’Art’s Folk Art CJ-2A

February 18, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Artists/Drawings, Features, Magazine, Old Images • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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1950 photo of the Centre D’Art CJ-2A. This is a snapshot from the US Information Service video shown below.

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Note how much more complex the art looks in this photo than in the video. This is DeWitt Peters with his Centre D’Art CJ-2A. http://www.haitipolicy.org/Vernisage.htm?PHPSESSID=

In 1943, WWII conscientious objector and artist American DeWitt Peters chose to go to Haiti to teach English. After a year, he wrote to the Haiti’s Ministry of Education and suggested he could do more for Haiti by establishing a school of painting. Using some of his own money, along with US State Department and Haitian funds, he helped launch the LE CENTRE D’ART. The goal of the center was to encourage the development of Haiti artists and folk art.

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Image is from Life Magazine circa 1947. This looks different from the other photos. It is possible the jeep was repainted regularly.

To help advertise the Center’s work, Dewitt Peters used his jeep as a rolling mural. As you can imagine, this color jeep must have been quite a sight motoring around Port-au-Prince. Dewitt also used the jeep to deliver art supplies to rural painters. The video below from the United States Information Service shows his jeep from timestamps 5:17 to about 8:00. Too bad it isn’t in color.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mr1USFY3mY

Many publications credit DeWitt for launching a renaissance in Haitian folk art, however some historians question his overall impact. However, one thing he might have launched is the Tap Tap Buses and Taxis, whose outsides are highly colorful and continue to shuffle riders to this day. Unfortunately, the Centre’ d’Art’s building was completely demolished in the Haitiian Earthquake.

Here are a few links of interest:

  1. http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2000-03-19/news/0003180453_1_tap-tap-pickups-haitians
  2. http://www.haitipolicy.org/Vernisage.htm?PHPSESSID=
  3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tap_tap
  4. Images of Tap tap vehicles
  5. Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter from Haiti. Includes references to DeWitt Peters
  6. Life Magazine, August 1, 1947, article titled “Haitian Painting”, pgs 58-61.
  7. http://haiti.si.edu/centre-art.html

Tap Tap Bus — public transportation in Haiti. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia
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