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Title
1922-1923 Packard touring car used as Detroit jitney, with driver
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Jitney buses--Michigan--Detroit

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01d069

Relation
NULL

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white photograph of a 1922-1923 Packard front quarter view, male standing at front, top raised, storm curtains in place. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 3-35, third series twin-six, 12-cylinder, 90-horsepower, 136-inch wheelbase, 7-person touring car (body type #225), note Michigan license plate #14-354, double bar front bumper, disc wheels, spot light fitted through lower windshield panel, Detroit jitney and driver, served Woodward Ave. & 8 mile road.

1922-1923 Packard touring car used as Detroit jitney, with driver

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