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Title
1939 Packard touring sedan in front of the Detroit Institute of Arts
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Detroit Institute of Arts

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01e120

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1939 Packard seven-eights left side view, man behind wheel, woman in back seat, parked in front of building. Inscribed on photo back: Packard super eight, seventeenth series, model 1703 (produced 9/20/1938-8/8/1939), 8-cylinder, 130-horsepower, 127-inch wheelbase, 5-person touring sedan (body type #1272), 1938 Michigan license plate #U-6555, setting: Detroit Institute of Arts.

1939 Packard touring sedan in front of the Detroit Institute of Arts

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