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Title
1938 Packard convertible sedan with King Leopold of Belgium in a reception parade
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Le?opold III, King of the Belgians, 1901-

Subject
Parades--Belgium

Item Number
EB01e055

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1938 Packard nine-tenths left side view, top folded, taken during reception parade . Inscribed on photo back: Packard super eight, sixteenth series, model 1605, 8-cylinder, 130-horsepower, 139.375-inch wheelbase, 5-person convertible sedan (body type #1143), note fog lamps, fender mounted parking lights, white sidewall tires, fender wells, 6-wheels, trunk rack, stationary partition, seated in tonneau; right side, King Leopold of Belgium, setting: Brussels reception.

1938 Packard convertible sedan with King Leopold of Belgium in a reception parade

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