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1939 Packard convertible sedan parked in front of ski lodge with family

Packard Motor Car Company

Detroit Public Library

Packard automobile--History

Ski resorts--United States

Automobiles--United States--History

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8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1939 Packard three-quarter front view, top folded raised, couple on ice skates at driver's door, boy standing beside them on skis, ski lodge in background. Inscribed on photo back: Packard super eight, seventeenth series, model 1703 (produced 9/20/1938-8/8/1939), 8-cylinder, 130-horsepower, 127-inch wheelbase, 5-person convertible sedan (body type #1277), note dual white sidewall tires, wheel trim beauty rings, fender wells, 6-wheels, radio aerial, Packard deluxe emblem, deluxe steering wheel.