Title1937 Packard touring sedan and owner Col. Roscoe Turner
CreatorPackard Motor Car Company
InstitutionDetroit Public Library
SubjectPackard automobile--History
SubjectTurner, Roscoe, 1895-1970
SubjectAutomobiles--United States--History
Item NumberEB01d951
Type
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Formatjpeg
Description8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1937 Packard left side view, owner Col. Roscoe Turner standing at driver's door. Inscribed on photo back: Packard one twenty, fifteenth series, model 120-C, 8-cylinder, 120-horsepower, 120-inch wheelbase, 5-person touring sedan (body type #1092), note center bumper guard, fender mounted parking lights, automatic radiator shutters, fender wells, 6-wheels, white sidewall tires, wheel discs, Col. Roscoe Turner (b. Corinth, Miss. 1895-d. Indianapolis 1970), pioneer aviator, set numerous speed records, won Thompson Trophy race 1934, honored at home & abroad, setting: Packard Motor Car Co. Detroit, Mich.
