cannot find anything on colors of military crates/containers for 1895-1902

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W.J. Cogg

April 17, 2015, 08:51:54 AM
good morning,
I feel I have exausted Google and books I have on Histories of the USMC and needed the experts help.

When did the military move to olive drab for most everything wood such as footlockers, crates, etc?

I am building my first gun cart and when finishing it, and I wanted to move more SAW and Philippine situation.

thanks for any help.  I try to research myself, but stuck here.ty

River City John

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April 17, 2015, 11:32:37 AM
olive drab

RCJ
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pony express

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April 17, 2015, 06:07:20 PM
But remember, there are many shades of olive drab. OD of the WWI era was more tan/brown than what was adopted during WWII. At least that was for the Army stuff, not sure what the Marines would have used. Of course, you could just make it an Army item that had been "requisitioned" by a wayward Marine.

Drydock

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April 17, 2015, 06:12:52 PM
Most Marine items from this time I believe would be painted USN "Haze" gray. This is a bluish gray color.  Ford Tractor gray is close.  Marines of this time were shipboard based, their equipage would reflect this.  
Civilize them with a Krag . . .

Lord Eoin MacKenzie

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April 20, 2015, 05:19:21 PM
 " Haze Gray, Under Way"

Drydock

#5
April 20, 2015, 07:12:28 PM
I've got a 45 Chevy flatbed I'm gonna paint that color someday . . .
Civilize them with a Krag . . .

Niederlander

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April 20, 2015, 09:47:09 PM
That's why I paint all my work benches and cupboards in my shop gray.  Must be a Naval Service thing!
"There go those Nebraskans, and all hell couldn't stop them!"

Charles Isaac

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April 21, 2015, 03:26:50 PM
Quote from: Niederlander on April 20, 2015, 09:47:09 PM


That's why I paint all my work benches and cupboards in my shop gray.  Must be a Naval Service thing!




Ha Ha!! I do agree with that! ;D  Gray Like the mount for this small deck gun. (Oh yeah, the gunner is wearing his M1889 Holster cross draw in this picture)



River City John

#8
April 21, 2015, 03:30:40 PM
Excellent image, Sir Charles!

Interesting cuffs on the blouse to the left.



RCJ
"I was born by the river in a little tent, and just like the river I've been running ever since." - Sam Cooke
"He who will not look backward with reverence, will not look forward with hope." - Edmund Burke
". . .freedom is not everything or the only thing, perhaps we will put that discovery behind us and comprehend, before it's too late, that without freedom all else is nothing."- G. Warren Nutter
NCOWS #L146
GAF #275

Charles Isaac

#9
April 21, 2015, 03:39:36 PM


Yes Sir John! Check out these Lee belts!

(All from the "Recently Discovered SAW Photos link)

Niederlander

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April 21, 2015, 04:42:06 PM
Wow!  Great pictures, Charles!  Where was that link?
"There go those Nebraskans, and all hell couldn't stop them!"

Charles Isaac

#11
April 21, 2015, 06:02:44 PM



Thread's BTT. Just click on the photos and you can enlarge them. Many have excellent resolution!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/navalhistory/sets/72157644224605974
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