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Title
1901 Packard Model C
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Huff, Russell

Subject
Tibbetts, Milton

Item Number
EB01c028

Relation
NULL

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white photograph from a glass negative of a 1901 Packard Model C. Inscribed on photo back: 1-cylinder, 12-horsepower, 75-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster with fitted buggy top. The driver is Russell Huff, head of Packard experimental branch. The passenger is Milton Tibbetts, Packard's collector/protector of patents. This car, license plate 30122 NY, was repurchased from the owner for use in testimony in a 1910 lawsuit.

1901 Packard Model C

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