Title1899 Packard on display at Lehigh University
CreatorPackard Motor Car Company
InstitutionDetroit Public Library
SubjectPackard automobile--History
SubjectAutomobile industry and trade--History
SubjectAutomobiles--United States--History
Item NumberEB01c015
Type
image
Formatjpeg
Description8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of Packard Model A Number One in its permanent home in the lobby of the James Ward Packard Laboratory of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at Lehigh University. Inscribed on photo back: car completed and road tested on Nov. 6, 1899 in Warren Ohio; 1-cylinder, 9-horsepower, 71.5-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster, originally fitted with a dos-a-dos seat on rear deck. Body by Morgan & Williams, carriage manufacturer, Warren, Ohio.