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No year for the negative of this jeep marked 20112942. The men seem to be enjoying themselves.
“For auction negative with view of soldier in a jeep, the auction is for negative not an actual photo, some wear marks on negative. Negative measures about 2 3/4 inches x 4 1/2 inches. Shipping is $2.32 to the USA or $6.55 for international shipping.”
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Probably could have used a jeep train to ferry all the refugees.
“1944 Press Photo Sgt.Ray Pack turn jeep into Taxi Service carry French Refugees.”
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That water looks pretty deep for the jeep!
“1943 Press Photo American Jeep Coast lowered down at the shore in New Guinea.”
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What happens when a Howitzer is pushed from a plane, but its parachute fails to open? Well, these paratroopers learned first hand that the weapon turns into a large paperweight. At least the parachute on the jeep and soldiers worked!
“1948 Press Photo Camp Campbell, KY paratroopers, Jeep & howitzers on manuevers”
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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.
City Transit of High Point, NC, owned this CJ-2A.
“3 Vintage 1940s-1950s photos of a Willy’s Jeep sitting outside of Horace Ilderton Dodge and Plymouth Car garage in High Point, North Carolina. The writing on the jeep says, “City Transit Co”. They are 2.75″ x 4.5″ black and white photos. One has foxing, and the others have minor wear.”
This Willys wagon was built by an older couple to enjoy fishing. Maybe it is just the camera perspective, but it sure looks like there is plenty of room inside. When the couple decided they were done using it, they sold it the author of this blog: http://rockhopperfishing.com/sleepinginthedunes1963/
This jeep truck was used to pull a boat from Cape Kiwanda in 1958. The photograph is stored at the Oregon State Archives.
http://bluebook.state.or.us/facts/scenic/beach/beach21.htm
Looks staged, but still a good photo.
“1943 Puerto Rico USMC Marines on Jeep Guard Duty 8×10 Original Press Photo”
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I wonder if the plastic glue every became a commercial product.
“You are bidding on an original 8 x 10 press photo of Pittsburgh PA Westinghouse Jeep Hangs By Plastic Glue developed by Westinghouse.”
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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.
Hopefully the jeep shows a little better in the original photo.
“1948 Press Photo Sidewalk Snow Scooter nickname given by students to Jeep”
No updates other than these pics from Charles for Sunday (We should still be camping).
Here are a few photos of the Belgian Army:
3th compagnie military police – aachen (germany) 1948
And some other photos:
Steve spotted this odd photo. My question is, did the jeep back into the wall and then get lifted up? Or did it somehow hit it from the outside?
“This lot is for two 5″x7″ black and white original photos of a Willys Jeep somehow attached to a barn door…not sure if this is intentional or by accident. Appears to be a 1957 Ford in the background. See photos for condition. Please be sure to view my other listings as well! Thank you for looking.”
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Paul’s ‘Goddess’ forwarded me a link about Yale’s Photogrammar website that contains 170,000 photographs from 1935 to 1945 created by the United State’s Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information (FSA-OWI).
One of the neater features shows all the photos mapped by county across the United States. Click here to see it: http://photogrammar.yale.edu/map/
The folks at FSA-OWI also had time to get jeep photos. You’ve likely seen many of them, but there are a few I don’t remember seeing. Here are my jeep search results.
Ford GP … Baltimore, Maryland. Colonel H.J. Lawes, post commander, Holabird quartermaster depot and commandant of the quartermaster motor transport school at the wheel of a “jeep” giving his pupils first-hand instructions on the vehicle training ground during a two-week preventive maintenance for motor vehicles course for officers
Fort Riley, Kansas. A jeep of a mechanized cavalry reconnaissance unit carrying a thirty caliber machine gun during a field problem. April 1942. Photo by Jack Delano.
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.
The winner of the 1961 @ Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, Jeep Derby race received a DJ-3A Surrey!
“Here is an Original Vintage 1961 5th ANNUAL JEEP DERBY Josephine Johns
8×10 B&W Press Photo
READY FOR THE JEEP DERBY — Josephine Johns of El Paso waves as she prepares to take a trial run over the 63-mile three-day fifth annual International Jeep Derby at Truth or Consequences, NM. April 21-23 in connection with the Ralph Edwards Fiesta. First prize will be a pink Acapulco-style Jeep to be given by Willys Motors Inc.”
Ouch! Steve spotted this photo of a poor wagon broadsided.
“Traffic Accident 1951 Market Truck Broadsides Jeep at Intersection
8 x 10 Photograph”
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I can’t remember if I posted this one.
Here are a couple pics of Charles jeep converted into a de-mining jeep for the 2014 liberation day of Antwerp.
Some more random pics
german troops surrendering to canadians
jeep headed inland over steel matting near les Andalouses
Dorothea Lange is famous for her Depression era photo of a migrant mother. In the 1950s she traveled to Southeast Asia. Fortunately for us, she took some jeep photos while she was there and the Online Archives of California has preserved them.
1. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt0m3n98tw/?brand=oac4
2. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt9p3008tg/?brand=oac4
3. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt4m3nb1fh/?brand=oac4
4. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt9k4008vb/?brand=oac4
5. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt1d5n99b4/?brand=oac4
6. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt8h4nb3s7/?brand=oac4
View more of Dorothea Lange’s photos at the Online Archives of California
That’s a fully loaded jeep.
“1944- U.S. soldiers, killed during German counter attack during the Battle of the Bulge, lie dead in the snow as jeep of the 4th Armored Division heads toward Chaumont.”
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Marc found this photo that highlighted the postwar opportunities for the jeep, but for some reason utilized a Willys MA.
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The 3 Yanks Service Station in New Guinea. I wonder if they’d do your windows, too 🙂
“1943 Press Photo De Luxe filling stations takes care of Jeeps in New Guinea”
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This old photo from the South Dakota Department of Agriculture shows a CJ-2A with a 100 gallon tank mounted in the rear at or near Custer State Park. It appears there may be another tank across the cowl. Unfortunately, the photo isn’t very large.
http://sdda.sd.gov/wildland-fire/suppression/field-offices/mount-coolidge-fire-lookout-tower/
That’s quite the hokey horse trailer.
“The Walking Hills ’49 WILLIAM BISHOP JEEP HORSE TRAILER RARE
This vintage original still shows a VERY RARE WESTERN photo of WILLIAM BISHOP (center) leaning on the back of a JEEP which has a HORSE TRAILER behind it.
Moviephoto from the movie: The Walking Hills
Year of the photo: 1949
Size of the photo: Approximately 8 x 10
Other members of the cast (not necessarily in the movie still):
Charles Stevens Randolph Scott William Bishop Edgar Buchanan Arthur Kennedy John Ireland Jerome Courtland Josh White”
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This 1966 Photo shows a jeep promoting Bob Martin for Commissioner!
