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Title
1925-1926 Packard sedan, owner W.E. Weldon at passenger door
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Chauffeurs--African Americans

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01d268

Relation
NULL

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1925-1926 Packard three-quarter left front view, parked on residential street, homes in background, African-American chauffeur, owner W.E. Weldon at passenger door. Inscribed on photo back: 326, third series six, 6-cylinder, 60-horsepower, 126-inch wheelbase, 5-person sedan (body type #221), 10/25/1929 W. E. Weldon Milwaukee, Wis., Model 3-26 sedan, delivered 3/4/1926, mileage 63,000, motor has never been overhauled.

1925-1926 Packard sedan, owner W.E. Weldon at passenger door

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