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Title
1913 Packard 48 touring car, rear view
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
EB01c529

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1913 Packard 48 (1348) rear view, two-toned, Packard 1913 #5062M license plate. Inscribed on photo back: 6-cylinder, 48-horsepower ALAM rating, 82-horsepower at 1720 r.p.m., 139-inch wheelbase, 7-person touring car, top raised, 2-48 positioning of exhaust pipe, lack of valances on the insides of rear fender ends, overhang of body at rear.

1913 Packard 48 touring car, rear view

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