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Title
1908 Packard 30 Model UA close up of controls
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--Instrument panels

Subject
Automobile industry and trade--History

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01c235

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1908 Packard 30 Model UA, Belle Isle conservatory in background. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 108-inch wheelbase, runabout, close up of controls, this could be a 1907 "30" or an early 1909 "30" or "18"; on regular 1909 models the cowl was swept all the way back to the seats; photographed at Belle Isle.

1908 Packard 30 Model UA close up of controls

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