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Title
1907 Packard 30 Model U on factory test run, Detroit to Chicago, 1906
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
EB01c150

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
7.5x9.5 black and white sepia-toned photograph of a 1907 Packard 30 Model U parked along a corn field with 5 male occupants. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 122-inch wheelbase, "Flight of Thirty" test car (Gasoline Gus), fitted with 1906 Model S 5-person touring body, factory test run from Detroit, Mich. to Chicago Ill. & back May 1906; S.D. Waldon, C.B. Penny, J.W. Tarbill, Fred Groves, E.R. Roberts,

1907 Packard 30 Model U on factory test run, Detroit to Chicago, 1906

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