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Title
1930 Packard with Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Rodgers, dogs and daughter
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Rodgers, Jimmie, 1897-1933

Subject
Celebrities

Item Number
EB01d490

Relation
NULL

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1930 Packard nine-tenths right rear view, parked in front of home where African American maid is standing. Carrie Rodgers standing next to car, Jimmie Rodgers, holding dog, and daughter Anita, holding doll, seated on running board of the family Packard, another dog inside. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 740, custom eight, seventh series, 8-cylinder, 106-horsepower, 140.5-inch wheelbase, 7-person sedan (body type #414), Mrs. Jimmie Rodgers, the Blue Yodeler's Paradise, Kerrville, Tex.

1930 Packard with Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Rodgers, dogs and daughter

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