Title1939 Packard in official reception parade for King George VI & Queen Elizabeth in Washington, D.C.
CreatorPackard Motor Car Company
InstitutionDetroit Public Library
SubjectPackard automobile--History
SubjectRoosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
SubjectGeorge VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952
Item NumberEB01e731
Type
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Formatjpeg
Description8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1939 Packard three-quarter right front view, top folded, during a parade, crowds lining street, police officers on motorcycles next to car, another car in background, seven other men walking behind car. Inscribed on photo back: 1939 Packard twelve, model 1708, seventeenth series, 12-cylinder, 175-horsepower, 139-inch wheelbase, 5/6-person special parade car, built for White House fleet. Official reception parade in Washington D.C. for their majesties King George VI (in lead car with President Roosevelt) & Queen Elizabeth (in second car with Mrs. Roosevelt), during 1939 state visit.
