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Title
1939 Packard convertible victoria parked 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
EB01e130

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1939 Packard nine-tenths left side view, top raised, parked on Belle Isle behind James Scott statue. Inscribed on photo back: Packard super eight, seventeenth series, model 1703, 8-cylinder, 130-horsepower, 127-inch wheelbase, convertible victoria, by Darrin, note wheel trim beauty rings, dual white sidewall tires, license plate frame, 1939 Indiana license plate #2201-M2, this suggests that this car built at old Auburn Motor Car Co. facility Connersville, Ind., photographed on Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

1939 Packard convertible victoria parked on Belle Isle

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