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Title
1939 Packard convertible coupe parked next to an equestrian jump fence
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Jumping (Horsemanship)

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01e136

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1939 Packard nine-tenths left side view, top folded, couple in front seat, parked next to an equestrian jumping a horse over fence. Inscribed on photo back: Packard one twenty, seventeenth series, model 1701, 8-cylinder, 120-horsepower, 127-inch wheelbase, 2/4-person club coupe (body type #1299), note 1938 Michigan license plate #O-19127, windshield wipers in off position, point to outer edges of windshield panels a la sixteenth series models, new style seventeenths series hub caps, sixteenth series tail lamp reflector.

1939 Packard convertible coupe parked next to an equestrian jump fence

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