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Title
1917 Packard truck of Inter-City Trucking Service
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
EB01e758

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1917 Packard nine-tenths right side view, partially enclosed front cab, parked on street, side reads "Inter-City Trucking Service Detroit-Flint Intermediate Points," slogan on radiator reads "Save a Freight Car for Uncle Sam." Inscribed on photo back: 1917 Packard truck, World War I era (note radiator slogan), model E, long wheelbase truck chassis.

1917 Packard truck of Inter-City Trucking Service

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