Wyoming Digital Collection Photos

I found a few jeep-related photos in Wyoming's Digital Collection.

  1. This first one is most interesting, as it might be a stretched CJ-2A. this might have a rare Porter & Reed half top:
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Wyoming State Archives, Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources. Caption: "PLATTE COUNTY WEED & PEST CONTROL DISTRICT JEEP MOUNTED SPRAY RIG"

2) This CJ-2A might have a Beck hardtop:

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Wyoming State Archives, Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources. Caption: "JACK WELCH WITH SMALL CALF ON TOP OF TALL SNOW BANK, CAR PARKED BENEATH THEM ON ROAD, WINDMILL BEHIND, BLIZZARD

3) Photo of soldier jumping a horse near a jeep:

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Wyoming State Archives, Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources. Caption: "WYOMING NATIONAL GUARD, GEORGE GUY ON HORSEBACK JUMPING JEEP

4)  May 1, 1945, photo of infantryman fighting in Austria.

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Wyoming State Archives, Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources. Caption: "PROTECTED BY A JEEP AND A TANK,INFANTRYMAN DASHES ALONG THE ROAD IN SCHNARITZ, AUSTRIA FOR A MORE ADVANTAGEOUS FIRING POSITION, AS ARMORED TASK FORCE BATTLES ENEMY OCS STUDENTS OFFERING THEM THEIR FIRST RESISTENCE SINCE CROSSING THE DANUBE RIVER

5) Jeeps at Casper Army Air Base:

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yoming State Archives, Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources. Caption: "BRAKE COLLECTION--WWII--ARMY AIR BASE--CASPER, WYO-2 OF 4, CASPER AIR BASE, WY

1 Comment

  1. jeff
    would love to track down that sprayer truck cj.

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