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Title
1909 Packard 30 Model UB on testing hill
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
EB01c283

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1909 Packard 30 Model UB taken on testing hill, two male occupants. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 123.5-inch wheelbase, test car, photographed on Packard's "Testing Hill" Detroit, Mich.

1909 Packard 30 Model UB on testing hill

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