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Title
1939 Packard touring sedan and Lillian Somoza, daughter of Nicaraguan dictator
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Somoza family

Subject
Chauffeurs

Item Number
EB01e142

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1939 Packard seven-eights left side view, parked on street, chauffeur holding open door for female to enter. Inscribed on photo back: Packard super eight, seventeenth series, model 1705, 8-cylinder, 130-horsepower, 148-inch wheelbase, 7-person convertible sedan (body type #1271), note dual white sidewall tires, radio aerial, wheel trim beauty rings, standard holder, center bumper guard, pelican emblem, fender wells, 6-wheels, deluxe steering wheel, license plate frame, Senorita Lillian Somoza, daughter of Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza during family visit in the United States.

1939 Packard touring sedan and Lillian Somoza, daughter of Nicaraguan dictator

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