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Title
1922 Packard coupe with a female driver, rounding corner
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Women automobile drivers

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01d017

Relation
NULL

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white photograph copied from a glass negative of a 1922 Packard rounding corner of drive, with a female driver. Inscribed on photo back: two-wheel brakes, pre-1923, single-six Model 126, 4-person coupe, April 1922-Dec. 1923. See A.Q. Packard book pg. 233. Appears to be the same. On p. 246 is a similar car except has four wheel brakes.

1922 Packard coupe with a female driver, rounding corner

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