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Title
1936 Packard touring sedan and race car driver Wilbur Shaw at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Memorial Day, 1936
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Celebrities

Subject
Automobiles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01e727

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1936 Packard three-quarter left side view, door reads " Driver Wilbur Shaw Packard 24th Annual Indianapolis 500 mile race," pictured with race car driver Wilbur Shaw. Inscribed on photo back: 1936 Packard one twenty, model 120-B, fourteenth series, 8-cylinder, 120-horsepower, 120-inch wheelbase, 5-person touring sedan (body type #992), driver Wilbur Shaw (winner 1937, 39, 40) 24th Annual Indianapolis 500 mile race, Memorial Day, 1936.

1936 Packard touring sedan and race car driver Wilbur Shaw at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Memorial Day, 1936

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