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Title
1953 Packard sport coupe on display
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Sports cars

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01e483

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1953 Packard three-quarter front view, on display box that reads "New 1953 Packards here now! A great new car with a grand old name." Inscribed on photo back: 1953 Packard Mayfair, twenty-sixth series, model 2631, 8-cylinder, 180-horsepower, 122-inch wheelbase, 6-person sport coupe (body type #2677), setting: Packard Motor Car Co., East Grand Blvd., Detroit, Mich.

1953 Packard sport coupe on display

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