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Title
1937 Packard convertible victorias at the home of owner Antonio Chopitea in Lima, Peru
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Convertibles

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01e044

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of two 1937 Packards facing each other parked in driveway, left; top folded with girl sitting on tip, male in passenger side seat, right, top folded with male behind wheel. Inscribed on photo back: left; Packard twelve, fifteenth series, model 1507, 12-cylinder, 175-horsepower, 139.375-inch wheelbase, 5-person convertible victoria (body type #1027), right; Packard super eight, fifteenth series, model 1501, 8-cylinder, 135-horsepower, 134.375-inch wheelbase, 5-person convertible victoria (body type #1007), setting: Lima Peru, residence of Antonio Chopitea.

1937 Packard convertible victorias at the home of owner Antonio Chopitea in Lima, Peru

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