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Title
1909 Packard 30 Model UB on Belle Isle with male driver, and three passengers
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
EB01c284

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1909 Packard 30 Model UB along side of a river on Belle Isle with two male and two female passengers. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 123.5-inch wheelbase, 7-person touring car, a prototype/early UB test car, having 1908 UA features: single panel tonneau door, model UA type headlamps, lack of cross bar connecting headlamp brackets, having 1909 UB features: hooded front fenders, 1 at gear & brake lever, photographed on Belle Isle.

1909 Packard 30 Model UB on Belle Isle with male driver, and three passengers

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