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Title
1930 Packard roadster and Alice White, in a scene from "A Show Girl in Hollywood"
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Celebrities

Subject
White, Alice, 1907-1983

Item Number
EB01e704

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1930 Packard left side view, parked on street, in front of building, gathering of people standing near doorway. Inscribed on photo back: 1930 Packard custom eight, model 740, seventh series eight, 8-cylinder, 90-horsepower, 140.5-inch wheelbase, 2/4-person roadster (body type #412). A scene actually taken in "A Show Girl in Hollywood," Alice White, star, in middle center greeted by John Milgan, her leading man. Hubbard Lee's 740 Packard roadster in center, recently purchased from Douglas M. Longyear, Inc., Packard in Hollywood organization.

1930 Packard roadster and Alice White, in a scene from "A Show Girl in Hollywood"

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