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1922-1923 Packard touring car at Fireman's Monument, St. Joseph, Mich.

Hughson

Detroit Public Library

Packard automobile--History

Monuments--Michigan--St. Joseph

Fire fighters--Michigan--St. Joseph

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7.5x9.5 black and white photograph of a 1922-1923 Packard left side view, top raised, female standing at driver's door, parked in front of monument in St. Joseph, Mich., 1922. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 133, first series single-six (produced 4/20/1922-12/27/1923), 6-cylinder, 54-horsepower, 133-inch wheelbase, 7-person touring car (body type #225), monument erected to commemorate the bravery of those [firemen] who heroically gave up their lives in the performance of duty at the burning of Yore Opera House, Benton Harbor, Mich., Sunday September, 5th, 1896. Names visible on monument: Edward M. Gange, Silas F. Watson, Frank M. Seaver, Arthur B. Hill, and Robert L. Rofe.