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WWII Engineer poster
Companies supplying vehicles and kit to the war effort understood the value of advertising their wares as used by the military to the general public. The war wasn't going to last forever and it was good business to be seen as patriotic and that their equipment could hold up to the rigors of the field. Here is one of my favourite posters of an Autocar mounted crane doing, what else, bridging.
CHIMO! Derek.
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Hi Derek
Thats a nice poster but tell me, i have never seen a photo of the Autocar with a Quickway crane mounted on the back, if it was a item i have missed something over all these years or was it may be a prototype arrangement if so are there any photos around cheers Les |
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Just a thought Derek, as you have started this thread with a poster advert i think it would be a good idea to use it for other posters etc so if its OK here are a few more, i have some 1950s bits as well which i will dig out
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I haven't seen any Autocar mounted Quickway cranes either Les, sometimes the companies took a little poetic licence in their ads and this might be an example of that. I'll upload the one picture I have of a Quickway crane, which unfortunately is a blurry picture of one mounted on a CCKW? Federal 606? beside the Seine River in '44. I've also included a couple of pics of Gar Wood cranes, one of which is mounted on a barge loading LVTs in the Marianas. CHIMO! Derek.
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More posters
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Excellent idea Les, this thread is the perfect place for more posters. I've uploaded some more.
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Wrong button, here are the pics: First poster: Barber Green Ditcher used by US Airfield Engineer Battalions Second poster: International Fire truck RCAF Third poster: International Harvester bulldozer Fourth poster Evinrude powered raft carrying Jeep.
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A bit of symbolism in your second poster Les, notice how the bulldozer is burying a pick and shovel.
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A few more poster/ads on plant used by the military
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CHIMO! Derek.
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Disapearing postings....
Derek..
Where did our Yellowknife Refueling postings go..??
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Belay that...!!!
Derek..
I found them ..they were in another thread... Jeez..I gotta stop drinking this early in the morning....
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The blurry one
Not possible to be exact, but that front end and front fender / wing shape is strongly suggestive of an International 6 x 6 2.5 ton. I'd say it's almost definitely NOT GMC or Studebaker
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Alex, you make it sound like that's a bad thing.
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The long and the short of it
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