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Title
1915 Packard truck, "Made in Detroit for Detroit"
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Trucking--United States--History

Subject
Commercial vehicles--United States--History

Item Number
EB01e752

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
6.5x8.5 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1915 Packard truck parked in street, D.P.W. No.1 on side, partially enclosed front cab, man behind wheel, sign on truck bed reads "Made in Detroit for Detroit, chassis,- Packard Motor Car co. body,- Motor Truck Body Co." Inscribed on photo back: 1915 Packard motor truck, Proctor Keefe Body Co.

1915 Packard truck, "Made in Detroit for Detroit"

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