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Title
1930 Packard phaeton parked in front of Grosse Pointe Yacht Club
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Yacht clubs--Michigan--Grosse Pointe

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01d530

Relation
NULL

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1930 Packard three-quarter right front view, top folded, large building in background. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 733, standard eight, seventh series, 8-cylinder, 90-horsepower, 134.5-inch wheelbase, 4-person phaeton (body type #401), note "Packard" script on radiator a la export models, 1929 Michigan license plate #4-093, setting Grosse Pointe Yacht Club, Mich.

1930 Packard phaeton parked in front of Grosse Pointe Yacht Club

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