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zemsi 20-11-08 12:30

Life Magazine images at google
 
The Life Magazine just opened their archive at google. An amazing collection of professional photography, starting in the 1860's. A lot of WW2 pics too.

For example a color pic of a WW2 Sherman or a B24 in Australia

Keith Webb 20-11-08 19:47

Nice find
 
Good ones, Chris - another few fun-filled hours on the computer! :D

Incidentally they're B-25s in that image... the caption on the LIFE page is wrong.

http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images...7dd6b3_landing

Keith Webb 20-11-08 19:50

B24
 
This one is a B24

http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images...7596a0_landing

John McGillivray 20-11-08 22:06

Some CMPs from Life
 
http://images.google.com/hosted/life...920b2ddf42fd89

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...6ef05089fe9a7d

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...8ee9bbe5dfc649

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...16f8b18890ecda

http://images.google.com/hosted/life...957cb7c08c1e06

Moderator´s note: edited to show links including image details.

cletrac (RIP) 21-11-08 02:24

Those are great pix of Cab 11 15 cwts with 2A1 bodies.

Alex van de Wetering 21-11-08 10:56

WOW! Thanks Chris.....lots of good pictures and in large size as well!

http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images...411a19_landing

Israel 1948

http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images...e9411a19_large

Alex van de Wetering 21-11-08 11:10

CMP Chev(?) near Ortona

http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images...a80cbab6_large

zemsi 22-11-08 10:59

... is this a Blitz Body?

http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images...49fe38_landing

zemsi 22-11-08 11:01

... what's this one? Ford or Chev?

http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images...cacb26_landing

zemsi 22-11-08 11:02

Convoy
 
... nice American Convoy.

http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images...888d19_landing

zemsi 22-11-08 11:07

... Kuno just sent me this link with very nice Chev's.

Do a search with "Tunisia" or "El Guettar". Very nice colored pics of trucks'n'tanks.

http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images...a28097_landing

zemsi 22-11-08 11:11

Patton
 
Patton's overlooking the battlefield in El Guettar

http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images...fbb71d_landing

Hanno Spoelstra 22-11-08 15:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by zemsi (Post 105913)
... what's this one? Ford or Chev?

Aussie Ford!

H.

Hanno Spoelstra 22-11-08 15:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by zemsi (Post 105915)
Do a search with "Tunisia" or "El Guettar". Very nice colored pics of trucks'n'tanks.

Excellent pic of Bedford MW:

http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images...591c35_landing

Hanno Spoelstra 22-11-08 15:38

Mine-damaged F60L:

http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images...949efb_landing

Hanno Spoelstra 22-11-08 15:40

1 Attachment(s)
F15 and Indian-pattern Chevrolet entering Barce, Libya, 1941:

http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images...b3343a_landing

Hanno Spoelstra 22-11-08 15:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by zemsi (Post 105911)
... is this a Blitz Body?

No, must be a British one. . .

Kuno 22-11-08 17:20

@ Zemsi; tried to re-do the shots at the gates of Tripoli-Median today; light was not good and the place was too crowded with cars. Will have to try again :-(

Jordan Baker 23-11-08 05:47

1 Attachment(s)
Check out this one

Keith Webb 23-11-08 06:49

Indeed
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra (Post 105922)
Aussie Ford!

H.

I was going to say have you forgotten driving one just the same all the way to Corowa and back?!??!!

Keith Webb 23-11-08 06:51

Mine damaged
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra (Post 105924)

Indeed! Not a lot left even for the restorer!:blink: :eek:

Hanno Spoelstra 23-11-08 09:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jordan Baker (Post 105950)
Check out this one

Jordan,

Please post the link to the source so we can get the picture caption.

Thanks,
Hanno

zemsi 23-11-08 09:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keith Webb (Post 105952)
I was going to say have you forgotten driving one just the same all the way to Corowa and back?!??!!

... sorry Keith, Max's old Ute looks more stylish and is a show winner. That's the reason I didn't recognised it at first sight :fry: :doh: :doh:

aj.lec 23-11-08 09:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra (Post 105924)

I can just see the ebay description now
"Restorers Delight Some mechanical and cosmetic work required " :doh:

Rich Payne 23-11-08 21:38

There are some nice images there but the search term key words seem to have been chosen by a ten year old.

Has anyone found a way of getting the search to display more than 10 x pages of 20 pictures ?

Searching for very specific terms is not easy and more general searches don't bring up everything.

Rich

Hanno Spoelstra 23-11-08 22:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by John McGillivray (Post 105853)
Some CMPs from Life

Thanks John!

And don´t forget Soldiers marching along road.

And what about Traffic control man holding traffic while convoy moves by. Excellent pic showing how the convoy lights under the back of vehicles worked (even though the shot looks staged).

H.

Les Freathy 23-11-08 22:44

I agree on that Rich got to be more than 200 trucks out of 20 000.000 photos i have found others by trying to think how they would insert the search term as you say a 10 year old, i wonder if a agency were given the job of progamming this lot and if so its as usual totally no knowledge of the subjects and useing the original captions from the photos. Funny thing tonight i put trucks and a few others in the search box and it did not regonise them, strange as it had every other night. Also some of the links that they have put in when you bring up a photo do the same ? good site unfortuatly thousands of images locked in there you can only reach with luck

Keith Webb 23-11-08 22:57

F15 armour
 
Here's another of the Israeli F15-based armoured cars.

http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images...bd3add_landing

Link.

Moderator's note: links edited

Rich Payne 23-11-08 22:58

Les, Have you tried 'steam shovel italy' ? Some stuff there you'd like I think.

Most confusing how it all works. Being too specific finds nothing and too wide makes it default to 'nothing found'

Les Freathy 23-11-08 23:17

Thanks Rich i had seen those from other entrys, i think there title just about sums it up eh not bad for steam shovels that run on diesel


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