The Making of Modern Michigan - "Digitizing Michigan's Hidden Past"

Title

1925-1926 Packard touring car with Charles A. Lindbergh in Omaha, Neb. parade

Creator

Packard Motor Car Company

Institution

Detroit Public Library

Subject

Packard automobile--History

Subject

Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974

Subject

Parades--Nebraska--Omaha

Item Number

EB01d236

Relation

NULL

Type

image

Format

jpeg

Description

8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1925-1926 Packard front view, top lowered, on street during parade, motorcycle cops and crowds on both sides. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 243, second series eight (produced 2/2/1925-8/1/1926), 8-cylinder, 85-horsepower, 143-inch wheelbase, 7-person touring car (body type #245), later type one-piece windshield. Note: "Goddess of Speed" radiator cap; twin spot lights; coach ring-type door handles. 1927 Nebraska license plate #1-21364. Charles A. Lindbergh parade in Omaha, Neb. (1927)

1925-1926 Packard touring car with Charles A. Lindbergh in Omaha, Neb. parade

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