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Title
1938 Packard coupe roadster at Scott fountain on Belle Isle
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Belle Isle Park (Detroit, Mich.)

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01e092

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1938 Packard nine-tenths left side view, top raised, parked by Scott fountain. Inscribed on photo back: Packard twelve, sixteenth series, model 1607, 12-cylinder, 175-horsepower, 134-inch wheelbase, 2/4-person coupe roadster (body type #1139), prototype, note proposed/rejected exterior door handle styling, fender wells, 6-wheels, trunk rack, setting: Belle Isle, Mich.

1938 Packard coupe roadster at Scott fountain on Belle Isle

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