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Title
1955 Packard Clipper on assembly line, rear view
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

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

Subject
African American automobile industry workers

Item Number
EB01e836

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1955 Packard body on assembly line, rear view, three workers putting in rear window, one African American worker prepping windshield. Inscribed on photo back: Packard Motor Car Co. production line, Conner Avenue facility, 1955 Packard Clipper, fifty-fifth series.

1955 Packard Clipper on assembly line, rear view

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