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Title
1956 Packards displayed in front of Packard executive office building
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Automobiles--Exhibitions

Subject
Packard Motor Car Company

Item Number
EB01e624

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of the Packard Executive office building, with two 1956 Packards on display, right sign reads "The greatest Packard of them all," left sign reads "Clipper America's finest medium priced car." Inscribed on photo back: Packard Motor Car Co. executive/administrative office bldg. East Grand Blvd., Detroit, Mich., left; 1956 Packard Clipper super, fifty-sixth series, model 5640, 8-cylinder, 240-horsepower, 122-inch wheelbase, "Panama" 2-door hardtop, 6-person (body type #5647), right; 1956 Packard 400, fifty-sixth series, model 5680, 8-cylinder, 290-horsepower, 127-inch wheelbase, 2-door hardtop, 6-person (body type #5687)

1956 Packards displayed in front of Packard executive office building

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