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Title
1930 Packard sedan delivered by Ed Bennett to comic strip creator Russ Westover
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Celebrities

Subject
Westover, Russ, 1886-1966

Item Number
EB01e703

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white sepia-toned Packard Co. file photograph of a 1930 Packard nine-tenths left side view, parked on street, in front of house, two males and one female standing around car. Inscribed on photo back: 1930 Packard standard eight, model 733, seventh series eight, 8-cylinder, 90-horsepower, 134.5-inch wheelbase, 7-person sedan (body type #404), fitted with deluxe equipment. Standing right, hat in hand, Russ Westover, creator of the "Tillie the Toiler" comic strip; sold to him by Ed Bennett (at front of car), salesman of Packard Westchester (New Rochelle branch), Inner Circle feature 1930.

1930 Packard sedan delivered by Ed Bennett to comic strip creator Russ Westover

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