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Title
1938 Packard convertible sedan in reception parade for King Leopold & Queen Wilhelmina
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Le?opold III, King of the Belgians, 1901-

Subject
Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, 1880-1962

Item Number
EB01e088

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1938 Packard right side view, crowd in background. Inscribed on photo back: Packard super eight, sixteenth series, model 1605, 8-cylinder, 130-horsepower, 139.375-inch wheelbase, 5-person convertible sedan (body type #1143), note fog lamps, fender mounted parking lamps, white sidewall tires, fender wells, 6-wheels, trunk rack, stationary partition between compartments, seated in tonneau; (left) King Leopold of Belgium, (right) Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, setting: Brussels reception.

1938 Packard convertible sedan in reception parade for King Leopold & Queen Wilhelmina

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