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1937 Packard touring sedan being shown to prospective customers

Packard Motor Car Company

Detroit Public Library

Packard automobile--History

Automobile showrooms

Automobiles--United States--History

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8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1937 Packard nine-tenths left side view, couple standing at front of car, salesman standing to side of windshield. Inscribed on photo back: Packard super eight, fifteenth series, model 1501, 8-cylinder, 135-horsepower, 134-inch wheelbase, 5-person touring sedan (body type #1013), prototype, note placement of tail lamp on integral trunk higher than on production models, twelfth/fourteenth series hood side louver panel of "eight" type, windshield wipers point to left in "off" position; right on production models, proposed/rejected "senior eight" hub caps.