[Ads-l] Further Slight Antedating of "Jeep"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Interesting. This cannot be the Bantam/ Ford/ Willys jeep, which did
not exist before September, 1940 (acc. to Wikipedia).  That vehicle
was also referred to as a "reconnaissance car."

 1940 _Sun _ (Baltimore) (Aug. 16) 6 [N.] The One Hundred and Fourth
Quartermaster Regiment is made up of 70 cargo trucks, 15
reconnaissance cars, 15 motorcycles, 29 brand-new light sedans hired
from civilian sources, and a command car familiarly known to the
soldiers as the "Jeeps" [sic].


Positively startling:

1938 _Winnipeg Tribune_ (Aug. 11) 5 [N.]: Troopers "mounted" on the
front bumper and hood of roaring reconnaissance cars, or "jeeps," were
speeded around the course.


JL

On Tue, Apr 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM dave at wilton.net <dave at wilton.net> wrote:
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> I've got a bunch of early uses of "jeep" to refer to various vehicles and aircraft on my site, although none for the 1/4-ton truck as early as these.
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> [ https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/jeep ]( https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/jeep )
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> OED: Aug. 13, 1940.
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> All from Newspapers.com.
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> Aug. 10 may or may not refer to the 1/4-ton "jeep." The Canadian ex. is
> surprising.
>
> 1940 _Saskatoon Star-Phoenix_ (July 26) 3: Troops in "Jeeps" Make
> Impression..riding eight to a "jeep," or military truck.
>
> 1940 _Courier-Journal_ (Louisville, Ky.) (July 28) 56: Motorized since
> 1936, the battery recently got new trucks and this [large] command car,
> "The Jeep," for the staff.
>
> 1940 _Herald-News (Passaic, N.J.) (Aug. 10) 11: Other things new in the
> 44th [Infantry Division] M.P. unit [at Fort Dix] are...what the boys call
> affectionately the "jeep," a reconnaissance command car.
>
> JL
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> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 8:03 AM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
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> > jeep (OED 1941, HDAS Feb. 20, 1941)
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> > 1941 _Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light_ (Corsicana, Tex.) 4 Feb. 2
> > (Newspapers.c=
> > om) All Navarro county units are now receiving ... a number of smaller
> > tru=
> > cks (now called "jeeps" or "puddle-jumpers").
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