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Title
1906 Packard with male driver
Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Automobile industry and trade--History

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01c107

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
7.5x11 black and white sepia-toned Packard Co. file photograph of a 1906 Packard car right side view, pictured with a male driver. The side of the car reads: this Packard car holds the worlds fastest 1000 miles non-stop record for anything on wheels, 29 hours, 53 minutes, 37 and three eights seconds. Average, 33 and one half miles per hour.

1906 Packard with male driver

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