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Title
1920-1922 Packard special squad car for Detroit Fire Department, with Rescue Company No.1
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Fire departments--Equipment and supplies

Subject
Fire fighters--Michigan--Detroit

Item Number
EB01d058

Relation
NULL

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white photograph of a 1920-1922 Packard full of firemen. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 3-35, third series twin-six (produced 8/1919-6/1923, oft called fourth series), 12-cylinder, 90-horsepower, special lengthened wheelbase, special squad car, photographed on ramp in front of Detroit Fire Department Rescue Company No.1, at Antoine and East Larned St., in downtown Detroit, Mich.

1920-1922 Packard special squad car for Detroit Fire Department, with Rescue Company No.1

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