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1929 Packard with President Roosevelt at a Pittsburgh train station

Packard Motor Car Company

Detroit Public Library

Packard automobile--History

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Locomotives

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8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1929 Packard three-quarter right front view, top folded, President Franklin D. Roosevelt in rear tonneau. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 640, custom eight, sixth series, 8-cylinder, 106-horsepower, 140.5-inch wheelbase, 7-person touring car (body type #340), fitted with deluxe equipment, plus dual rear-view mirrors atop side mounts, special greyhound radiator cap mascot, windshield wings, folding tonneau windshield, note 1933 Pennsylvania license plate #57958, front bumper wrapped in bunting, 1933 "Twelve" enclosed body behind, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at train station in Pittsburgh, Pa. (1933).