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Title
1936 Packard convertible sedan and actress Eleanor Powell
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Celebrities

Subject
Powell, Eleanor, 1912-1982

Item Number
EB01e726

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1936 Packard nine-tenths left side view, top raised, actress Eleanor Powell standing at driver's door. Inscribed on photo back: 1936 Packard one twenty, model 120-B, fourteenth series, 8-cylinder, 120-horsepower, 120-inch wheelbase, 5-person convertible sedan (body type #997). Note white sidewall tires.

1936 Packard convertible sedan and actress Eleanor Powell

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