Jacques Littlefield
Jacques Littlefield | |
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San Francisco, California, U.S. | |
| Died | January 7, 2009 (aged 59) , U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Military vehicle collector, philanthropist, engineer |
Jacques Littlefield (November 21, 1949 – January 7, 2009) was the founder of the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation (MVTF), also called the Littlefield collection.
Collection
Jacques Littlefield collected many vintage military vehicles including a
He had over 220 military vehicles to his name.Biography
Littlefield was born on November 21, 1949, in
Littlefield's fascination with military vehicles started as a child, when he started building plastic models of them. In college he built his first remote control scale model tank. He obtained his first full-size military vehicle in 1975, a World War II era M3 Scout Car. In 1998 he set up the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation to manage his collection of over 150 vehicles and restore more.
He grew up in
Littlefield served on the boards of the
Following a decade-long battle with
On July 11 and 12, 2014, 160 vehicles of the Littlefield collection were auctioned off to fund the creation of a new museum to display the collection.[4] The American Heritage Museum at the Collings Foundation headquarters in Stow, Massachusetts, had its grand opening in May 2019 and displays over 85 vehicles of the Littlefield collection.[5]
References
- ^ "Littlefield Tank Tour". sfahistory.org. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
- ^ Kosman, Joshua (October 4, 2006). "S.F. Opera patron donates $35 million / Largest gift of its kind in the U.S. -- no strings attached". The San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ "Military tank collector dies at 59". almanacnews.com. The Almanac. January 15, 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- ^ Rong, Blake (February 28, 2014). "Tank auction! Littlefield military vehicle collection to cross the block". Autoweek. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
- ^ Jonathan Phelps (May 2, 2019). "American Heritage Museum celebrates grand opening". Worcester Telegram. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
- Brown, Patricia Leigh (November 28, 2003). "DRIVING; To the Collector, The Spoils". New York Times. Retrieved January 13, 2009.
- Goldman, Jim (January 13, 2009). "Tanks for the Memories: Jacques Littlefield Passes Away". Tech News, CNBC. Retrieved January 22, 2009.
- Jones, Carolyn (January 13, 2009). "Jacques Littlefield, tank collector, dies". San Francisco Chronicle. pp. B-5. Retrieved January 13, 2009.
- Miller, Stephen (February 7, 2009). "Jacques Littlefield, 1949-2009: For Big Collector of Tanks, Panzer Was Last Hurrah". Wall Street Journal. p. A8. Retrieved May 5, 2009.