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Title
1924 Packard runabouts in front of Detroit Fire Department headquarters
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Fire departments--Michigan--Detroit

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01d161

Relation
NULL

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
7x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of four 1924 Packards used by the Detroit Fire Department. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 226, second series six, 6-cylinder, 54-horsepower, 126-inch wheelbase. Left to right: Assistant chief's car 2/4 person runabout (body type #223), Chief's car, 5-person touring (body type #220), Apparatus chief's and Building chief's cars, both 2/4 person runabouts (body type #223). All four cars carry 1925 Mich. license plates; photographed in front of Detroit Fire Department headquarters.

1924 Packard runabouts in front of Detroit Fire Department headquarters

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