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jagjetta


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Perhaps this is a well-known photo, so I apologize in advance.

The photo shows members of the Women's Reserve Camouflage Corps (a sub-group of the American organization, National League of Women's Services) applying camouflage paint to a vehicle in a predetermined pattern.  Photo was taken in New York City, 1918.

 

Women's_Reserve_Camouflage_Corps_hiding_tanks_in_NYC.jpg

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Gwyn Evans


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Since this object isn't a tank it doesn't prove anything in relation to tanks.

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Maybe a vehicle made for a movie? I would like to see the inside: how do you handle those two guns that are so close to each other?


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Well, the first thought has to be that it's for parade/dummy/recruiting purposes. Not quite, but close. A bit of a google of "Women's Reserve Camouflage Corps," and we get, to my surprise, a Wikipedia article and this:

http://camoupedia.blogspot.com/2016/01/womens-dazzle-painting-team-at-nypl.html

WomenCamouTank_NYC1918b.jpg

WomenTankNYC1918Camo.jpg

Quite a bit of other interesting stuff on this site.



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