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Title
1939 Packard touring sedan, left side view
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Automobile industry and trade--History

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01e114

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1939 Packard left side view. Inscribed on photo back: Packard six, seventeenth series, model 1700, 6-cylinder, 100-horsepower, 122-inch wheelbase, 4-door, 5-person touring sedan (body type #1282), prototype, note non-production hub caps, tail lamp, windshield wiper direction point (production blades pointed to center).

1939 Packard touring sedan, left side view

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