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Title
Vice-president Nixon at airport, looking over papers while leaning on a 1954 Packard Caribbean
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Celebrities

Subject
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-

Item Number
EB01e733

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1954 Packard three-quarter front view with Vice-president Richard Nixon looking at documents on hood of car, media or staff and others surrounding car, Capital Airlines Constellation airplane in background. Inscribed on photo back: 1954 Packard Caribbean, model 543, fifty-fourth series, 8-cylinder, 212-horsepower (359-cubic inch), 122-inch wheelbase, 6-person convertible (body type #5478).

Vice-president Nixon at airport, looking over papers while leaning on a 1954 Packard Caribbean

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