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Title
1924 Packard sedan at entrance to Newberry home in Grosse Pointe, Mich.
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Chauffeurs

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01d138

Relation
NULL

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white sepia-toned Packard Co. file photograph of a 1924 Packard nine-tenths left front view, chauffeur-driven, three female passengers, at stone gateway, trees in background. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 143, first series single eight, 8-cylinder, 85-horsepower, 143-inch wheelbase, 7-person sedan (body type #240), earlier type single bar bumpers, at Newberry home, Grosse Pointe, Mich.

1924 Packard sedan at entrance to Newberry home in Grosse Pointe, Mich.

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