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Title
1939 Packard touring limousine at reception parade for King George VI & Queen Elizabeth
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Parades--Canada--Montreal

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01e106

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1939 Packard seven-eights right side view. Inscribed on photo back: Packard eight, seventeenth series, model 1702, 8-cylinder, 120-horsepower, 148-inch wheelbase, 7-person touring limousine (body type #1290), note Packard deluxe emblem, fender wells, 6-wheels, wheel trim beauty rings, sixteenth series tail lamp with reflector, second car in reception parade for King George VI & Queen Elizabeth, state visit to Canada, spring 1939 Montreal.

1939 Packard touring limousine at reception parade for King George VI & Queen Elizabeth

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