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Title
1938 Packard touring sedans at entrance to Packard Proving Grounds
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Automobile industry and trade--History

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01e098

Relation
NULL

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of two 1938 Packards, seven-eights front view. Inscribed on photo back: left; Packard eight, sixteenth series, model 1601, 8-cylinder, 120-horsepower, 127-inch wheelbase, 4-door, 5-person touring sedan (body type #1192), note 1937 Michigan license plate #Z58580, non-production "One Twenty" hub caps, right; Packard six, sixteenth series, model 1600, 8-cylinder, 100-horsepower, 122-inch wheelbase, 4-door, 5-person touring sedan (body type #1182), note 1937 Michigan license plate #Z57588, setting: Packard Proving Grounds, Utica, Mich.

1938 Packard touring sedans at entrance to Packard Proving Grounds

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