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Title
1917 Packard dump truck dumping out a load of bricks
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Trucking--United States--History

Subject
Dump trucks

Item Number
EB01e759

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1917 Packard three-quarter front view, dumping out a load of bricks, man behind wheel, two men standing at rear of truck, 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, 66.5-ton, heavy duty truck chassis, with special dump truck body.

1917 Packard dump truck dumping out a load of bricks

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