Quickie History here.
I started this loooong journey in earnest in 1967 after finding Bart Vanderveen through the magazine Old Motor.
Bart was just then starting to do his book series and we began to collaborate. As it happened, my Dad was still on active duty with the Marine Corps and through his good offices (Well it didn't hurt that he was a Major general) I was able to tap an amazing array of sources for USMC vehicles. And as most of you know, the Army got the Chevs and GMCs for the most part and the Navy and Marines got Inters.
Over the years, I passed most of these photos plus whatever else I collected on to people like Bart who were writing the first real breakthrough series of books and monographs on soft skins.
I also did the same thing with Walter Spielberger and Uwe Feist, both prolific German vehicle historians.
My last major collaborative effort was with Fred Crismon for his books on US Wheeled vehicles and of course his book on the history of International Harvester trucks. That was in the early 90's and as I had started my own business by then I had no time for the hobby up until a few years ago.
Thus, you may see photos that I may post here from time to time that you have seen in some of these fellers books as I am starting to unpack one apple box after another and go through one filing cabinet after another to try to scan as much of these originals in my data base as I can before my time comes.
Regarding the photos of today I can say a bit as follows.
1-3-9 were official USMC photos from Camp Pendleton, Ca.
2 Not sure.
4-8 were official USMC photos taken at USMC Barracks Philadelphia Pa.
5-10 are official photos from the IH archives.
6. Not sure.
7. This is a period advert.
I have a fair bit more on WWII and earlier Inters that I will pass on here but sadly, as I started in 1967 with the real search, an awful lot of what I got was postwar and I just will not have time to get all of that scanned.
I'm glad you are enjoying the stuff so far.
Bill
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