HOW AMERICA TRAVELS & HOW CANADA TRAVELS
Shredded Wheat box inserts continued to direct their efforts towards children with this set of 36 cards, which pictures various forms of transportation. These cards are made to be colored and then cut out and folded, to stand up.
These cards were done for both a U.S and a Canadian audience. While the U.S. cards often make reference to the US, these references have been removed on the Canadian cards. [I have listed only those Canadian cards I have, as I cannot be sure of the titles of those I don’t.] There are 36 cards in each set, with no “cover card” as in precious sets, no doubt because these were made to be stand-up models, not collected together in a book. The date of issue is the 1940’s, but I have no specific year associated with these cards.
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HOW AMERICA TRAVELS |
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HOW CANADA TRAVELS |
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1 |
Modern station wagon |
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Modern station wagon |
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2 |
U.S. Navy Dive Bomber |
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Navy Dive Bomber |
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3 |
Atlantic Clipper |
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Atlantic Clipper |
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4 |
U.S. Navy destroyer |
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Destroyer |
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5 |
Streamlined railroad train |
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Streamlined railroad train |
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6 |
Motor yacht |
6 |
Private cruiser |
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7 |
Streamlined sports cruiser |
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8 |
Modern Automobile |
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9 |
Modern rowboat |
9 |
Modern rowboat |
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10 |
Racing sailboat |
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Sports sailing boat |
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11 |
Modern bicycle |
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12 |
Overland trailer |
12 |
Overland trailer |
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13 |
Commercial transport plane |
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Commercial transport plane |
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14 |
Great Lakes Ore Carrier |
14 |
Great Lakes Ore Carrier |
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15 |
Streamlined taxicab |
15 |
Streamlined taxicab |
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16 |
Streamlined ferry boat |
16 |
Streamlined ferry boat |
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17 |
High-Speed Overland Bus |
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High-Speed Overland Bus |
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18 |
Modern City Street Bus |
18 |
Modern City Street Bus |
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19 |
Modern ocean liner |
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Modern ocean liner |
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20 |
Streamlined street car |
20 |
Streamlined street car |
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21 |
The canoe |
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The canoe |
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22 |
High-speed motorcycle |
22 |
High-speed motorcycle |
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23 |
U.S. Navy “Mosquito Boat” |
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Navy “Mosquito Boat” |
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24 |
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter |
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Coast Guard Cutter |
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25 |
U.S. Navy Cruiser |
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Cruiser |
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26 |
U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier |
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Aircraft Carrier |
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27 |
U.S. Navy Battleship |
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Battleship |
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28 |
U.S. Army Interceptor Plane |
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Interceptor Plane |
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29 |
Small private plane |
29 |
Small private plane |
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30 |
Soaring glider |
30 |
Soaring glider |
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31 |
U.S. Army Cannon Fighter |
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Cannon fighter |
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32 |
U.S. Army Flying Fortress |
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Flying fortress |
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33 |
U.S. Navy Patrol Bomber |
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Navy Patrol Bomber |
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34 |
U.S. Army Reconnaissance Car |
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Army Reconnaisance Car |
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35 |
Private airplane |
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36 |
U.S. Army “Peep” [*] |
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Army “Jeep” |
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*It is interesting to note that the US card labels this last card a “Peep” – which was in fact the right name for this small 1/4 ton vehicle through 1942. The Canadian set perhaps came out in 1943, and used the new name for this vehicle invented by Col. Howie. Previous to this time, the name “Jeep” applied to a larger reconnaissance vehicle, which was dropped from inventory in 1942, and the Peep was renamed the Jeep.
This information according to the Patton Museum of Cavalry And Armor: “The 1/2 Ton Command & Reconnaissance Car was the first vehicle to be called the “Jeep”. It was a relatively small, light weight General Purpose vehicle. When the ton truck was introduced, it was even smaller and was given the nick-name “Peep” to differentiate. When the 1/2 Ton C&R Car was dropped from the inventory in about 1942, the name “Jeep” migrated to the “Peep”. A lot of early war soldiers know the “Jeep” as a “Peep” while the late war soldiers know it only as the “Jeep”
Thanks to Paul Urbahns for bring us up to date on this. |
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