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Title
1925-1926 Packard club sedan in scene from "Gold from Weepah"
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Cody, Bill, 1891-1948

Subject
Bertram, Wm. (William), 1880-1933

Item Number
EB01d222

Relation
NULL

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1925-1926 Packard front view, on movie set, director Bill Bertram leaning on front bumper, actor Bill Cody posing with female. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 333, third series six (produced 2/2/1925-8/1/1926), 6-cylinder, 60-horsepower, 133-inch wheelbase, 5-person club sedan (body type #265), early two-piece windshield, 1927 California license plate #1-232-022. Taken during gold rush scene on set of film "Gold From Weepah" starring Bill Cody, leading lady Doris Dawson, directed by Bill Bertram, also in cast David Dunbar and Fontaine LaRue, at Weepah, Nev.

1925-1926 Packard club sedan in scene from "Gold from Weepah"

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