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Title
1939 Packard convertible coupe with cowgirls, three cowboys on horseback approaching
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Cowboys--California

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01e150

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1939 Packard three-quarter front view, top folded, four cowgirls sitting in car waving, three cowboys on horseback, one with lariat, alongside car. Inscribed on photo back: Packard six, seventeenth series, model 1700 (produced 9/20/1938-8/8/1939), 6-cylinder, 100-horsepower, 122-inch wheelbase, 2/4-person convertible coupe (body type #1289), note dual white sidewall tires, Earle C. Anthony, Inc. type license plate frame, setting: California.

1939 Packard convertible coupe with cowgirls, three cowboys on horseback approaching

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