[AT] Now there was a true collector of Toys...

[Mattias Kessén]

It must be the guy I've seen on TV over here.

Mattias

2009/1/12  <jahaze at aol.com>:
> I'm pretty sure he was the one featured on the tank restoration show on TLC (or one of those channels).? The shows were great and covered his collection along with other tank collectors around the world.? I don't remember the name of the show, but I was facinated by how much time, effort, and money these guys put into restoring tanks from around the world.
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> Enjoy, Joe
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> From: Herbert Metz <metz-h.b at mindspring.com>
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> Sent: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 9:14 am
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> Steve
> Thanks for sharing.
> We all lose when good people like  Mr. Littlefield pass on prematurely.
> If one is in the area, a definite MUST is a nice, not real large, working
> railroad museum in Portola; we spent a couple enjoyable hours there several
> years ago.   Several members were there doing some light maintenance,
> etc.(getting their hours in), so it became very educational for us.
> Herb
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Steve W. <falcon at telenet.net>
>> To: Slick List <slick at toltbbs.com>; ATIS LIST
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>> Date: 1/11/2009 11:30:26 PM
>> Subject: [AT] Now there was a true collector of Toys...
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>> http://www.mishalov.com/littlefield-6jan07/
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>> Published in the San Jose Mercury News on 1/9/2009
>>
>>
>> Jacques Mequet Littlefield Tank Scholar and Collector, Jacques Mequet
>> Littlefield, who assembled one of the largest private collections of
>> military vehicles in the world and championed open space in the mid-
>> Peninsula, has died in Portola Valley, California. He was 59 years old
>> and had battled cancer for the past decade. Jacques' fascination with
>> armored vehicles began in his childhood when he started building
>> plastic models of tanks. While in college, he built his first scale
>> model, radio-controlled tank. He acquired his first full-sized vehicle
>> in 1975. In 1998 Jacques set up the Military Vehicle Technology
>> Foundation to manage his collection of over one hundred fifty vehicles
>> and restore new additions.
>> The collection ranges from a World War II era U.S. Army M3A1 wheeled
>> scout car, the first acquisition, to a Soviet-era mobile Scud Missile
>> launcher, and includes such famous tanks as the U.S. Sherman and Patton
>> class; U.K. Centurion, Conqueror and Chieftain; German WWII vehicles
>> including a Panther; and Soviet-era Russian tanks.
>>
>> The complete inventory is available at www.milvehtechfound.com.
>>
>> Jacques was considered a scholar and expert on the history of armored
>> warfare and the foundation helps serve the interests of authors,
>> historians, educators, the defens
> e industry, veterans groups, model
>> makers and the entertainment industry. The collection is housed at
>> Pony Tracks Ranch in the hills above Portola Valley, which the family
>> acquired in the mid-1970s.
>> Pony Tracks was the country estate of former San Francisco mayor and
>> California governor James "Sunny Jim" Rolph, Jr. Over the years, Jacques
>> restored many of the old buildings on the ranch, such as the stables,
>> and acquired additional property helping to maintain open space in the
>> hills above Portola Valley.
>>
>> Jacques was the son of the late Edmund Wattis Littlefield and Jeannik
>> Mequet Littlefield. He was born November 21, 1949 in San Francisco,
>> California. His father was CEO of Utah International and served on
>> many corporate boards during his career. He is survived by his mother,
>> a strong supporter of the arts and a member of the Chairman's Council
>> of the San Francisco Opera; his brother, Edmund Littlefield, Jr.; and
>> sister, Denise Littlefield Sobel. Jacques also is survived by his
>> wife, Sandy Montenegro Littlefield, and five children: David, Scott,
>> Allison, Jacques Jr. and Jeannik, and one grandson, Kingsley.
>>
>> Jacques grew up in Burlingame and attended Cate School in Carpinteria,
>> California before studying at Stanford University where he received
>> his Bachelor's degree in 1971 and an MBA two years later. He worked
>> for Hewlett Packard as a manufacturing engineer before focusing solely
>> on building his museum and restoration facility. Jacques served on the
>> boards of the George S. Patton Museum in Fort Knox, Kentucky, the Cate
>> School, the Coyote Point Museum for Environmental Education, the Hoover
>> Institution, the California Academy of Sciences, and the Filoli Center.
>> He was a member of the Bohemian Club and Captain of the Sempervirens camp.
>>
>> A viewing will be held at Roller Hapgood & Tinney Funeral Directors, 980
>> Middlefield Rd in Palo Alto, on Saturday, January 10, 3:00 to 6:00, and
>> a public memorial service for Jacques will be scheduled for the near
>> futur
> e.
>>
>> In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a contribution to one of the
>> organizations Jacques supported:
>> The Patton Museum, Cate School, the Coyote Point Museum for
>> Environmental Education, the California Academy of Sciences, the
>> Hoover Institution or the Filoli Center.
>>
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