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Title
1899 Packard on display at Lehigh University
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Automobile industry and trade--History

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01c015

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of Packard Model A Number One in its permanent home in the lobby of the James Ward Packard Laboratory of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at Lehigh University. Inscribed on photo back: car completed and road tested on Nov. 6, 1899 in Warren Ohio; 1-cylinder, 9-horsepower, 71.5-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster, originally fitted with a dos-a-dos seat on rear deck. Body by Morgan & Williams, carriage manufacturer, Warren, Ohio.

1899 Packard on display at Lehigh University

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