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Title
1941 Packard deluxe convertible coupe at Packard Proving Grounds
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Sport clothes

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01e218

Relation
NULL

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1941 Packard three-quarter right side view, top folded, parked in front of the Lodge, female sitting in folding chair next to rear of car, man leaning on passenger door, female sitting in car behind man. Inscribed on photo back: Packard one ten, nineteenth series, model 1900, 6-cylinder, 100-horsepower, 122-inch wheelbase, 5-person deluxe convertible coupe (body type #1489DE), pre-introduction publicity shot, setting: P.M.C. Co. Proving Grounds, Utica, Mich., note later deluxe models featured chrome head lamp trim rings & "Deluxe" trim mounted on hood side panel.

1941 Packard deluxe convertible coupe at Packard Proving Grounds

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