Showing posts with label War Motorcycles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label War Motorcycles. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

1942 Motorcycle Girls at War

Cover: Girls at War - Auxiliaries throughout the country have taken a deep interest in all phases of Civilian Defense. Tillie Westhall, of the auxiliary of the Ace M.C. (Motorcycle Club) of Glendale, L.I., is symbolic of the feminine motorcycle riders who will rally to the aid of the country, if and when Civilian Defense workers are called to active duty.

Contents: Ralph Hepburn - All-around racing man; Nova Scotia Paradise; Are You Doing These Things? -you should be!; War Time Roster; Trail Blazers hold banquet; Club News; more

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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

1943 Military Model Harley-Davidson 45 ridden by Staff Sergeant Lindenmoyer of the Holabird Motorcycle School, Baltimore





Cover: Gas Ban Off? No but gas never was rationed for Riding Instructor Staff Sergeant Lindenmoyer of the Holabird Motorcycle School, Baltimore, when on the job. Compare this Military Model Harley-Davidson 45 with its great grand pappy on page four.

Contents: The First American Motorcycle; Home on Furlough; Service Men's Greetings; Lou Riggsby, Vice-Pres. Motor Maids; Motor Maid Chuck Wagon Tour; Here's what they say; Stalling around with Steele; 30 Years ago; more

1943 June Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the " Motorcycle Magazines" category


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1943 WWII Australian despatch rider and his motorcycle





Cover: An Australian despatch rider and his motorcycle contrast strangely with the camel caravans which crowd the roads cleared by the British Eighth Army drive against Rommel in Africa.

Contents: Solomons Sortie; How England Trains its soldier Despatch riders; Home Front Letters; Here's what they say; Stalling around with Steele; A.B. Coffman, former AMA head visites Los Angeles; 30 Years ago by Van; Club News from Near and far; more

1943 April Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the " Motorcycle Magazines" category


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1943 Home Front Girls - WWII Era Motorcycle Gals - Hello Fellows! We're Pulling for you





Cover: Home Front Girls

1. Lynn Ballard, Richmond, Kentucky
2. Helen Kiss, Pottstown, Pennsylvania
3. Lonnie E. Parker, Plainfield, New Jersey
4. Anna Lehr Boon, Santa Monica, California
5. Arlene Sonnenfelt, WAAC, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
6. Helen Blansitt, St. Louis, Missouri.

Letters and pictures of other Home Front Girls on pages 8 and 9.

Contents: From Sea Mines to Mexico; When motorcycling was growing up; Greetings, Pals; So George got a motorcycle; Old Timer Stuff; Club News from near and far; Stalling around with Steele; more

1943 March Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the " Motorcycle Magazines" category


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1942 & 1943 Smoke Screen - American Motorcycles playing an important part in Army mechanized war - Identical Covers





Motorcyclist Magazine February 1943 and March 1942 have identical cover photos:

Cover: Smoke Screen. American motorcycles are playing an important part in Army mechanized war. Every phase has been practiced as in the accompanying photo. Photo courtesy Army Signal Corps.

Contents: In Memory of Heroic Sullivans; Touring Trinidad; Two Gals go Motor Jaunting; Motor Maid Crash thru with news; Here's what they say; Club News from near and far; Stalling around with Steele; Old Timer stuff; more



Cover: Smoke Screen. American motorcycles are playing an important part in Army mechanized war. Every phase has been practiced as in the accompanying photo. Photo courtesy Army Signal Corps.

Contents: Nova Scotia Paradise; Akron Motor Corps in Civilian Defense; AMA News of the Month; War-Time Roster; Questions & Answers by Uncle Frank; more


1943 February Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the " Motorcycle Magazines" category

1942 March Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the " Motorcycle Magazines" category


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Thursday, November 5, 2009

1942 Sergeant Bassett, Fort Warren, Wyoming





Cover: Sergeant Bassett now, formerly a motorcyclist of the northwest. He leads the boys through their trying drills at Fort Warren, Wyoming, making soldiers for Uncle Sam and future members for the A.M.A.

Contents: For the Duration by E.C. Smith; War and the Motorcyclist by Capt. Stephen A. Drake; What went on 24 years ago by Chet Billings; Motorcycle Safety Record Wins National Insurance; A.M.A. Sanction Schedule; A.M.A. News and Comment by E.C. Smith; more

1942 July Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine Back Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the "Motorcycle Magazines " category


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