Title1939 Packard touring sedan parked on street, female at front passenger door
CreatorPackard Motor Car Company
InstitutionDetroit Public Library
SubjectPackard automobile--History
SubjectAutomobile industry and trade--History
SubjectAutomobiles--United States--History
Item NumberEB01e133
Type
image
Formatjpeg
Description8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1939 Packard nine-tenths right side view, parked on street, couple in front seat, female standing at front passenger door. Inscribed on photo back: Packard one twenty, seventeenth series, model 1701, 8-cylinder, 120-horsepower, 127-inch wheelbase, 4-door, 5-person touring sedan (body type #1292), prototype, note non-production direction/point of windshield wiper blades in "off" setting, as shown, blades point outward to windshield "A" posts a la sixteenth series, whereas seventeenth series production blades point to center windshield vertical divider, non-production sixteenth series tail lamp reflector, 1938 Michigan license plate #U6555, dual white sidewall tires.
