Title1917-18 Packard truck of Hampden Transfer Co. on residential street
CreatorPackard Motor Car Company
InstitutionDetroit Public Library
SubjectPackard automobile--History
SubjectTrucking--United States--History
SubjectCommercial vehicles--United States--History
Item NumberEB01e761
Type
image
Formatjpeg
Description8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1917-18 Packard nine-tenths left side view, partially enclosed front cab, fully enclosed rear, man behind wheel, side reads "Local & Long Distance Moving, Furniture Storage, Packing & Shipping, Estimates Promptly Given, Reasonable, Reliable, Responsible, We Go Anywhere, Hampden Transfer Co., Furniture & Piano Movers, M.A. Parrish Prop. 3634 Falls Road, Baltimore," slogan on radiator reads "Save a Freight Car for Uncle Sam." Inscribed on photo back: 1917-18 Packard truck, World War I era (note radiator slogan), model E, truck chassis, with special van body, for Hampden Transfer Co. Baltimore, M.D.
