Jeep demonstration in the Ottawa River, Toledo, Ohio,

A man drives a Jeep in the Ottawa River to demonstrate its capabilities in water. Production of the Jeep began in 1941 for World War II operations. The Jeeps were produced at Willys-Overland's Parkway Plant, built in 1904 as a bicycle factory and demolished in June of 2007. The black and white photograph was taken by Milton Zink in the 1940s