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Title
1953 Packard touring sedan on rough terrain at Packard Proving Grounds
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Automobile driving

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01e482

Relation
NULL

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1953 Packard three-quarter rear view, driving through rutted ground, man behind wheel. Inscribed on photo back: 1953 Packard Patrician, twenty-sixth series, model 2606, 8-cylinder, 180-horsepower, 127-inch wheelbase, 6-person touring sedan (body type #2652), Packard Proving Grounds.

1953 Packard touring sedan on rough terrain at Packard Proving Grounds

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