Title1927 Packard touring car carrying Commander Richard E. Byrd in New York City parade
CreatorPackard Motor Car Company
InstitutionDetroit Public Library
SubjectPackard automobile--History
SubjectParades--New York (N.Y.)
SubjectByrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957
Item NumberEB01d324
RelationNULL
Type
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Formatjpeg
Description8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1927 Packard three-quarter front view, top lowered, in a ticker-tape parade. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 343, third series eight (produced 8/1/1926-7/1/1927), 8-cylinder, 106-horsepower, 143-inch wheelbase, 7-person touring car (body type #290), reception for Commander Byrd (Richard E.) & the transatlantic flyers N.Y.C., N.Y.; Byrd procession going north on Broadway, right to left in car: Commander Richard E. Byrd, Mr. Whalen, 1927 New York license plate #DL-10-26.
