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Title
Women sewing car seats in Packard upholstery department, 1925
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Women automobile industry workers

Subject
Automobile factories--Michigan--Detroit--History

Item Number
EB01e798

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of the 1925 Packard upholstery department, two women at sewing machines in foreground working on cushions, stacks of cloth in background.

Women sewing car seats in Packard upholstery department, 1925

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