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Title
1932 Packard coupe roadster and owner Al Jolson
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Celebrities

Subject
Jolson, Al, d. 1950

Item Number
EB01e713

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
7.5x9.5 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1932 Packard front view, parked in street, owner Al Jolson sitting on front passenger side fender. Inscribed on photo back: 1932 Packard light eight, model 900, ninth series eight, 8-cylinder, 110-horsepower, 127.75-inch wheelbase, 2/4-person coupe roadster (body type #559); note: 1932 California license plate #9V-77-35, Packard deluxe emblem.

1932 Packard coupe roadster and owner Al Jolson

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