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Title
1920-1923 Packard special MGM camera car on location for "The Wind"
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Motion picture cameras

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01d068

Relation
NULL

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white photograph of a 1920-1923 Packard camera car, several males standing in car, special mounted side & front platforms, side platform is holding two cameras. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 3-35, third series twin-six, 12-cylinder, 90-horsepower, 136-inch wheelbase, special MGM camera car, filming "wind stuff" in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "The Wind."

1920-1923 Packard special MGM camera car on location for "The Wind"

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