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Title
1949 Packard convertible victoria, with Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Dewey in back seat
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01e341

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1949 Packard three-quarter front left view, on city street, with Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Dewey in back seat, crowds in background. Inscribed on photo back: 1948-49 Packard custom eight, twenty-second series, model 2233, 8-cylinder, 160-horsepower, 127-inch wheelbase, convertible victoria (body type #2259), 1948 Presidential candidate & Mrs. Thomas E. Dewey.

1949 Packard convertible victoria, with Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Dewey in back seat

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